A near miniature with multiple stunning sacrificesBy October 12th, several of your best games of September were shared via our forum post. Our team went on to carefully check all submitted games and found that the game of @Drlnfrxx was outstanding. Congrats! The Turkish chess trainer and FM Nazmi Can Doğan, alias @NaSil, had a deeper look into the game and commented a lot for you to learn from. Check it out: https://lichess.org/study/1s3kUFso#0 You can now submit your best Game of the Month October on the pinned topic in our forums until November 12! Conditions to submit your Game of […]

Lichess has resumed cooperation with US Chess after positive changesIn August 2023, Lichess announced its boycott of both the US Chess Federation and the Saint Louis Chess Club due to serious concerns about their accountability for mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations. Last year, in June 2025, we resumed cooperation with Saint Louis Chess Club after positive changes and our own independent investigation. Lichess is now resuming cooperation with US Chess, as we are satisfied that significant changes have been made to maintain a safe and supportive environment within the organisation. We have been able to discuss these matters at length […]

A weekend of team working, chess, and meeting the public for more chessMany thanks to @G-Lorenz for writing this recap! One year after the successful Toronto Meetup, the Lichess team came to Prague for a weekend of work and camaraderie. The dozen team members who joined came from Italy, France, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and, of course, the Czech Republic. Due to the Czech Republic's central European location, the train turned out to be the favored means of transportation. The meetup was split into two parts: one more intimate dedicated to working together as a group and another one […]

Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!We're pleased to announce the schedule for our upcoming Titled Arenas! All events will be preceded by a warm-up arena open to all players with a minimum of 20 rated games in the relevant time control (excluding 960 warm-up, where the minimum rated games are 10). Prizes unless otherwise stated: $500, 2. $250, 3. $125, 4. $75, 5. $50.Participation requirement: Verified FIDE or NM title (see below) EventDateLinkWarm-Up October 2026 Blitz TA17 October 2026EventWarm-Up October 2026 TA31 October 2026EventWarm-Up November 2026 Blitz TA14 November 2026EventWarm-Up November 2026 TA28 November 2026EventWarm-Up December 2026 Blitz Chess960 […]

The long diagonal paves the way to White's kingBy September 12th, several of your best games of August were shared via our forum post. Our team went on to carefully check all submitted games and found that the game of @rcstinson was outstanding. Congrats! The Turkish chess trainer and FM Nazmi Can Doğan, alias @NaSil, had a deeper look into the game and commented a lot for you to learn from. Check it out: https://lichess.org/study/2lrZ3nw0 You can now submit your best Game of the Month September on the pinned topic in our forums until October 12! Conditions to submit your […]

Announcing our schedule for upcoming Streamer Arenas!We're pleased to announce the schedule for our upcoming Streamer Arenas! If you're a streamer, please write to events@lichess.org from the email address associated with your Lichess account with "Streamer Arena" in the subject. If you're not a streamer, you can apply to be a streamer here: streamer application. Prizes unless otherwise stated: $100, 2. $70, 3. $40, 4. $20.Participation requirement: ≥ 30 Blitz rated games EventDateLink Streamer Arena August '2624 August 2026, 16:00 UTCEvent Streamer Arena September '2614 September 2026, 16:00 UTCEvent Streamer Arena October '265 October 2026, 16:00 UTCEvent Streamer Arena November […]

Mobile updates, site updates, broadcasts, events, and more!Your donations and support have allowed us to do many awesome things this half-year that we hope you will enjoy. We will continue to work hard to give you the best free, libre, and open-source chess experience, and that is only possible because of the chess community's trust in Lichess. We are excited to announce work on a lot of different areas of Lichess, so read on to see how we have changed for the better! If you want to find out more about what we've done since January, you can find our […]

Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open sourceKey details: Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open source No changes to Lichess, it will remain as it always has – free/libre and open-source software Players on Take Take Take will now be able to easily create Lichess accounts, and play games on Lichess through the Take Take Take app All of our players (those on Take Take Take or using the Lichess website or apps) benefit from […]

Variants, local play vs computer and more added!Half a year ago we released the new Lichess mobile app – read more here. The development hasn't slowed down since, and our team and open source contributors have been busy. Thank you to the volunteers who give their time and expertise to help build and improve the app! What's new Variant support You can now analyse and play all your favourite variants in the app. Play vs Computer By far our most requested feature: Play offline against the computer. Choose from 12 difficulty levels, or switch on practice mode for instant feedback. […]

A $20,000 prize event open to all Lichess streamers’ teamsLichess and ChessMood are pleased to announce the ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix, held on a monthly basis on the 20th day of each month, with each event starting at 20:00 UTC, from February 20th to December 20th, 2026. The event is open to all teams of Lichess streamers, with a prize fund of $1,000 for each qualifying arena, and $10,000 for the Final Tournament, with $2,500 for the overall winner, offered by ChessMood! Please note that the prizes will be paid to the streamers, and not for individual performances. From February […]