
Titled Arena Announcement(s)

A Few Thoughts About Openings

How does the Clock impact the Rate of Mistakes?

Fischer vs Spassky: The Rivalry (Part 1: 1960-1971)

Learning openings for those who don't have time to learn openings

I made the last IM Norm!!!!!!!

Using Lichess's Public Data To Find The Best Chess 960 Position

Few small observations I made playing OTB chess

What to do in the Middle Game
Open tournaments
More »Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 232 | |
Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 26 | |
Hourly King of the Hill | 27m | 16 | |
≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 19 | |
Eastern SuperBlitz | 1h 30m |

Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.

We have announced the schedule for our remaining Titled Arenas this year - 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.

GM Garry Kasparov won against GM Vishy Anand in Game 3 of Clutch Chess: The Legends! Kasparov now leads the Chess960 match between the two legends by one point after the first day. Follow the remaining eight games in our broadcast until 10 October.

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 13 October at 15:00 UTC and 10 November at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.

The FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2025 online qualifiers and knockout stage will be played on Lichess from 11 to 18 October. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals in Goa, India, from 14 to 16 November. Companies can register a team up to 48 hours before the qualifiers. Read the full announcement for more information.

Our Game of the Month September Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in September 2025 until 12 October! The winner will be announced on 24 October, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

The FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, have ended! The new world champions are CM Danis Kuandykuly (U12), Lacey Wang (Girls' U12), Yuan Shunzhe (U10), WCM Sharvaanica A S (Girls' U10), Adinur Adilbek (U8) and Alisha Bissaliyeva (Girls' U8). Replay all the games in our broadcasts.