Lichess releases a new Broadcaster App, making it easier to broadcast OTB events to a live Lichess Broadcast. Read all about it here.
Watch the historic New York 1924 Centennial, featuring former U16 World Champion GM Aleksandr Lenderman, speed chess expert GM Andrew Tang and two-time U.S. Women's Champion WGM Jennifer Yu until 21 July in our broadcast and on the Marshall Chess Club Twitch channel with IM Luís Henrique Coelho.
Your donations and support have allowed us to do many awesome things this half-year that we hope you enjoy! We will continue to work hard to give you the best free, libre, and open-source chess experience. Read our half-year update blog to see how we have changed for the better.
Congratulations to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for winning the Streamers Battle July 2024! Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 2nd place, SergeyVoronChess NEW for coming in 3rd place and Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,650 registered players!
Streamers and their communities, get ready for the Streamers Battle July 2024 with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4, starting in 3 hours!
Congrats @MrCrusher on winning the Lichess Game of the Month June 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
GM Fabiano Caruana won the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, just 9 days after taking 1st place in the Superbet Romania Chess Classic. His strong performance with 7.5/9 in the Rapid section secured him the victory ahead of tied GMs Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So.
Congratulations to GM Benjamin Bok for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena July 2024! Runner-up IM Vahe Danielyan was only 2 points behind and GM Matthias Blübaum finished in 3rd place.
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts in just 3 hours! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena!
GMs Fabiano Caruana, Gukesh D, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri and others meet again in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2024! The Rapid section will be played from today until 12 July, followed by a Blitz double round-robin the two days after.
Our July 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts in just 2 hours! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.
GM Ziaur Rahman died at the age of 50 during his game against GM Enamul Hossain in the Bangladeshi Championship. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and many fans. We encourage easy access to defibrillators and trained medical personnel at chess tournaments.
GM Fabiano Caruana won the Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024 in a four-way rapid tiebreaker, beating GMs Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh D and R Praggnanandhaa. The tiebreaker was needed after GM Anish Giri defeated Caruana in their classical game.
Heading into the final round, GM Fabiano Caruana leads the Superbet Romania Classic - where 34 out of 40 games ended in a draw so far. His opponent GM Anish Giri has no chance of winning the tournament anymore, while GMs Gukesh D, R Praggnanandhaa and Alireza Firouzja are just 0.5 points behind.
The 2024 World Chess Championship match between defending champion Ding Liren and challenger Gukesh D will be held in Singapore from 20 November to 15 December, FIDE announced on its website.
Our Game of the Month June Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in June 2024 until 5 July! The winner will be announced on 14 July, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
See what our developers and community contributors have been working on over the past month in our updated changelog. Thanks to Bsmick6 and henrique-barros, you can now enable board coordinates on all squares - including the Coordinates Trainer!
At the age of 10 years, 8 months and 16 days, FM Faustino Oro is set to become the youngest International Master in chess history after a draw against IM Fernando Valenzuela Gomez in Round 9 of the Cerrado IM Barcelona! IM Cristian Andres Hernandez took 1st place with better tiebreaks than Oro.
10-year-old FM Faustino Oro needs at least a draw with Black against IM Fernando Valenzuela Gomez in the final round of the Cerrado IM Barcelona to achieve his third IM norm and become the youngest International Master ever! Follow the game now in our broadcast.
We interviewed the former Women's World Champion and next Women's World Championship challenger GM Tan Zhongyi after her dominant win in this year's Women's Candidates Tournament. Many thanks to WFM Yilin Li for the translation! Read the interview here.
The Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024 has started! Watch GMs Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Gukesh D, Anish Giri and others compete over 9 rounds in our broadcast until 5 July.
Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Titled Arena June 2024, 35 points ahead of runner-up GM Nihal Sarin! GM Minh Lê took 3rd place.
Our next 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours! You will have the chance again to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
Lichess turns 14 years old today! Thanks to all our users, contributors and supporters. Join the celebration tournament here.