Faustino Oro achieved his third and final GM norm at the Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026, becoming the second-youngest grandmaster of all time at the age of 12 years, 6 months and 26 days! The record is still held by GM Abhimanyu Mishra, who was 2 months and 1 day younger than Oro.

Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena May 2026, ahead of GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, GM Christopher Yoo, and GM Artem Uskov!

Our May 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-05-09 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

Watch the second Swiss qualifier for the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 now in our broadcast! The top 16 teams from each Swiss tournament advance to the knockout stage on Lichess, with 8 teams qualifying for the over-the-board finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

You can now pin your favourite players in broadcasts! Use the pin icon in the Players tab to show their games on top of other boards, or enable "Pinned" in the Boards tab to only show their games.

The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Asia Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started! Watch all the games in our broadcast now, featuring IM Alua Nurman, IM Dinara Wagner and IM Anna M. Sargsyan, among others. Read the announcement for more information.

Our Game of the Month April Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in April 2026 until 2026-05-14 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-05-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.