LichessMore colours for Patrons!
doughnut42The Sicilian Slayer: Why the Grand Prix Attack Works at Every Level
IM justiniano565Non human 960 openings III
TotalNoob69Destroy the Caro Kann with style
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Open tournaments
More »| ≤1500 Bullet | 27m | 102 | |
| Hourly Horde | 27m | 35 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 338 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 89 | |
| Ruy Lopez Rapid | 1h 57m | 18 | |
| ≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| ≤1700 Bullet | 27m | ||
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | ||
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
| ≤1300 Blitz | 57m | ||
| ≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 18 |
Meet the Lichess Team at the Annex Chess Club in Toronto, Canada, on 19 October from 6 pm to 9 pm local time for a few hours of chess, snacks and camaraderie! Check out our blog for more information.
Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 8th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM @FeegLood, @doughnut42, GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Harshavardhan GB, GM Benjamin Bok and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,846 registered players!
We've added more colours for our Patrons! Thank you for supporting us! Read about it in our announcement.
Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning a very close Bullet Titled Arena, ahead of GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, GM Ediz Gürel, GM @legendreturns, and GM Daniel Naroditsky!
Our September 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
The FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2025 start at 10:00 UTC in Almaty, Kazakhstan! New world champions will be crowned in the Open and Girls' U12, U10 and U8 age categories until 30 September. Watch all the games in our broadcasts.
Stockfish defeated Leela Chess Zero in the 28th Top Chess Engine Championship Superfinal over 100 games with 57.5 to 42.5! Both chess engines are currently playing another 100-game bonus match, which you can follow on the TCEC website.
