"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." — Savielly Tartakower, founder of the hypermodern school and inventor of the now widespread Catalan Opening, was born on this day in 1887.
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Congratulations Koosha Jaferian Fan Club for winning the Streamers Battle February '24 and the first prize of $500! Congrats also to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 2nd place ($300), PAPASIonates (3rd, $150) and IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS (4th, $100). Thanks to all 2797 registered players for participating!
Ashwath Kaushik is reportedly the youngest player ever to win against a GM in classical chess after beating Jacek Stopa in the Burgdorfer Stadthaus-Open at the age of 8 years, 6 months & 11 days. The previous record was apparently set in January by Leonid Ivanovic, who was about 5 months older.
It's time again for our week of Variant Shield Arenas, starting in 4 hours with the Chess960 Arena! The winner will have to defend the unique trophy in next month's tournament.
We recently indirectly contributed to the research of Google DeepMind: Learn more about it in our latest video on YouTube!
Magnus Carlsen won the Chess960 G.O.A.T Challenge, drawing the first game of the final and winning the second against runner-up Fabiano Caruana. Levon Aronian took third place, defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov. World Champion Ding Liren finished last without winning a single game in the tournament.
Vera Menchik, the first and longest-reigning Women's World Champion, was born on this day in 1906. Players who lost to her were said to have joined the Vera Menchik Club, whose members included Euwe, Reshevsky and Colle; she also drew with Najdorf and her trainer Maroczy.
The Yearly Crazyhouse Arena starts in 4 hours! Prepare for exciting tactical blitz games in the variant that lets you drop captured pieces back on the board.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and GM Fabiano Caruana eliminated GM Levon Aronian in an Armageddon tiebreak game to advance to the Chess960 G.O.A.T. Challenge Final beginning tomorrow.
Our Yearly SuperBlitz Arena starts in 6 hours! Join us and thousands of players for 5 hours of 3+0 blitz chess.
Congrats @najvazniji on winning the Lichess Game of the Month January 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
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The G.O.A.T Challenge Knockout Stage has started: Current World Champion Ding Liren surprisingly finished the Play-Off Stage in last place with only 0.5/7 points and has to face GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while former World Champion Magnus Carlsen plays against GM Alireza Firouzja.
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning the February Blitz Titled Arena ahead of GMs David Paravyan and Oleksandr Bortnyk!
In 6 hours, you'll have the chance again to compete with some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!
What is likely to be this year's strongest Chess960 event is underway: You can follow the 8-player tournament broadcast on Lichess, where Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and 6 other top GMs will face off against each other. The G.O.A.T. Challenge is played in Germany from the 9th to the 16th.
We have updated the layout of our broadcast page: It is now more compact, features title images, and shows the number of viewers for ongoing tournaments. This is part of an overhaul that has already resulted in the addition of the multi-board Stockfish analysis and the subscription button to our broadcasts.
Streamers and their communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battle on the 19th - again with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!
The legendary chess player Sultan Khan was awarded an honorary GM title by FIDE. His career only lasted about five years from 1929 to 1933, but he was considered to be among the top 10 players of that period and even managed to beat Capablanca.
We will start the first week of February Shield Arenas with the 1+0 Bullet Arena in two hours! The winner gets a unique trophy and must defend it in next month's tournament.
11 first-time contributors helped write code for Lichess in January! See what they and others worked on in this month's changelog.
Second day of the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup held on Lichess: Watch former World Champion Garry Kasparov himself commentating the games live! (Twitch)