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LichessTitled Arena Announcement(s) — January to March 2026
LichessLichess: End of Year Update 2025
RuyLopez1000Position vs Time: The Trade-Off
GetDiscombobulatedNovelty Piece Sac against the Jobava London!
tackyshrimpEngaging healthily with chess: an Acceptance and Commitment therapist's guide
FM MattyDPerrineYou Can't Improve Alone: My 2025 Chess Year in Review
LittleSoapBubbleKID - Rapport's Knight Sacrifice in the Sämisch!
GM Puli1234Why Development Matters and How to Use It with Purpose
IM justiniano565Non human 960 openings IV
IM datajunkieThe top mistake amateur players make
CM Gadhavi_VeerbhadraFinding The Right Place For Your Pieces
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More »| Weekly Rapid | 4h | 2168 | |
| Daily Blitz | 2h | 1492 | |
| Daily Crazyhouse | 1h 30m | 89 | |
| Weekly Racing Kings | 3h | ||
| ≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 44 | |
| ≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 67 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 27m | 14 | |
| French Defense Bullet | 27m | 45 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 27m | ||
| ≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 40 | |
| Daily Antichess | 1h | 12 | |
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 31 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 62 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 104 | |
| Daily Chess960 | 1h 30m |
Enjoy our puzzle pack by @FischyVishy for the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025! The study contains 33 exciting and instructive puzzles for you to solve and learn from.
We have announced the schedule for our first Titled Arenas of 2026! As usual, each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
The Discovered Check puzzle theme is now available! Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by @dirkster99.
Let's look back at the highlights of Lichess over the past year in our 2025 End of Year Update!
Our Game of the Month December Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January! The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Congratulations to team Saqochess & friends and fan club for winning the $10,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Final with top scorers IM Reza Mahdavi, @catask, IM Jakub Pulpan, FM Semyon Puzyrevsky, GM Haik Martirosyan, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 3,135 registered players, including 313 titled players!
