Even grandmasters overpress sometimes! Watch IM Emil Stefanov’s instructive breakdown of our second Ladder Legends edition with insights from the players, GM Iván Salgado López and GM Peng Li Min.
Our next edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess features GM Volodymyr Vetoshko facing GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko in their rematch! GM Oleksiyenko won the first game, but has to play with the black pieces this time. Join us for our livestream tomorrow, at , with our host IM Emil Stefanov on YouTube and Twitch.
Tune in now to the Lichess4545 Season 50 livestream with NM Marc Nassar on Twitch!
Congrats @Fritzi_2003 on winning our 2026 Autumn Marathon with a 68% win rate in 415 games, finishing 109 points ahead of runner-up CM Daniil Kaminskii! Thanks to all 19,752 registered players who played a total of 206,604 games and 14,743,979 moves. Our 2026 Winter Marathon will start on at .
You can now import chess positions from images on the Lichess mobile app! Press the camera icon in the Board editor, and choose between taking or uploading a picture. See the demo and download the app!
Our 2026 Autumn Marathon starts on at ! Join us for 24 hours of 3+0 Blitz and take part in one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10, and the winner will all get a unique trophy.
Lichess has resumed cooperation with US Chess after positive changes. Read more about our decision in our full announcement.
GM Daniel King is now live for Round 5 of Lichess4545 Season 50! Tune in to Daniel King's live commentary on Twitch.
Following our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague, we recap the successful weekend of chess, work, and camaraderie. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and special thanks to Chess House Praha and national arbiter Dominik Rous for helping us out with the event!
Watch Round 4 of Lichess4545 Season 50 now live on Twitch with NM Marc Nassar!
Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Saparmyrat Atabayev, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi!
Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, at ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at .
The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on at ! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Our Titled Arena schedule from October to December 2026 has been announced! As usual, each Titled Arena features a prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players. The next Blitz Titled Arena takes place on at .
Congratulations to team K2N_chess by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena October 2026! Congrats also to Online World Chess Lovers for taking 2nd place, to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for 3rd place, and to CSCA Open Events for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,429 registered players!
GM Peter Svidler is now live for Round 3 of Lichess4545 Season 50! Tune in on Twitch for Peter Svidler's live commentary.
The new season of the German Bundesliga has started! Follow all the games now in our broadcast, featuring GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, Matthias Blübaum, Faustino Oro, and more!
Our Board Editor now supports importing board positions from images! Select "From image" or drag and drop the image onto the board. Many thanks to Joël Seytre for the underlying ChessQueries recognition model, also available on chessq.org! Lichess uses the ChessQ Lite V4 model under the PolyForm Noncommercial license. The feature will also come to our mobile app soon.
Our Game of the Month September Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in September 2026 until at ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Congrats @rcstinson on winning the Lichess Game of the Month August 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Enjoy our Puzzle Pack for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026, curated and annotated by FM Nazmi Can Doğan and FM Tamer Tarık Selbes! The study contains 64 exciting and instructive puzzles for you to solve and learn from.
Watch Round 2 of Lichess4545 Season 50 now live on Twitch with NM Marc Nassar!
One year later, we look back at the 2025 Lichess Meetup in Toronto, which saw three days of chess, work, and a whole lot of fun! Many thanks again to the Annex Chess Club for hosting a fantastic tournament.
Congratulations to team IQPI by WIM Irina Petrova for winning the 8th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, GM @Kingdomino1, @BundesligaChampion, FM Cristian Camilo Arrieta Hernández, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,129 registered players!
Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on at and at , with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now.