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Open tournaments
More »| Queen's Gambit Declined Rapid | 1h 57m | 43 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 27m | 26 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 180 | |
| Hourly Crazyhouse | 27m | ||
| ≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | 55 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 27m | 13 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 241 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 21 | |
| ≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 55 | |
| Hourly Horde | 57m | ||
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 149 | |
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 36 | |
| ≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 26 | |
| ≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 160 |
Our December 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter this year's final Bullet Titled Arena.
Congratulations to Ronaldo Playing Chess for winning our Streamer Arena December 2025! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,825 registered players!
The Chess960 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Finals have started in Cape Town, South Africa! Follow all the games in our broadcast, featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Keymer and Hans Niemann among others.
The ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Finals, featuring a prize fund of $10,000 and an additional $2,500 for the overall Grand Prix winner, will take place on 20 December at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all qualified Lichess streamer teams and invited wildcard teams.
Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena December 2025, ahead of GM Pranav V, FM @PawnArchitect, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, and GM Haik Martirosyan!
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts at 19:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena.
