Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning the 4th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM Emin Ohanyan, IM Reza Mahdavi, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,667 registered players!

The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Americas Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Tune in for live commentary by former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk on YouTube and watch all the games in our broadcast, featuring IM Leya Garifullina, IM Mai Narva, IM Teodora Injac and IM Tatev Abrahamyan, among others. Read the announcement for more information.

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Bullet Titled Arena May 2026, ahead of GM Sergei Zhigalko, GM José Martínez Alcántara, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján!

Our May 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-05-23 17:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

Congratulations to team The United Royal Legion by @TheoLego for winning our Streamer Arena May 2026! Congrats also to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for taking 2nd place, to K2N_chess for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,433 registered players!

All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Americas Leg! The first stage starts on 2026-05-20 22:00 UTC. Find out more in the announcement by WR Chess.

Congratulations to IM Anna M. Sargsyan for winning the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Asia Online Qualifier on Lichess and qualifying for the $40,000 over-the-board event in Tokyo, Japan! Sargsyan defeated WFM Shubhi Gupta in the finals, while IM Alua Nurman took 3rd place against WIM Pandey Srishti.