Game 2 of the World Championship ended in a draw, read what happened in our recap blog with annotations from GM David Navara. Tomorrow, our stream hosts IM Laura Unuk and GM Felix Blohberger will be joined by super GM and 4th highest rated player of all time, Levon Aronian, on YouTube and Twitch from 09:00 UTC!
Watch Game 2 of the World Championship now on Twitch and YouTube with us and today's commentators IM Laura Unuk, GM Felix Blohberger and GM Matthew Sadler!
GM Ding Liren defeated GM Gukesh D in Game 1 of the World Championship! Read our recap blog and replay the game with annotations by GM David Navara.
Join us now on Twitch and YouTube for Game 1 of the World Championship with today's hosts IM Laura Unuk and the recently crowned European Champion GM Aleksandar Indjic!
The FIDE World Championship 2024 between defending champion GM Ding Liren and challenger GM Gukesh D starts on Monday, 25 November at 09:00 UTC in Singapore! Read more in our preview blog and make sure to tune in to our Twitch and YouTube channels for live stream coverage with our hosts GM Felix Blohberger and IM Laura Unuk, joined by various rotating guests!
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning our Titled Arena November! GM Emin Ohanyan took 2nd place, just one point ahead of GM @chessmaster2006 in 3rd place.
Our November 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 16:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena!
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana 1.5 to 0.5 in their Chess960 match at the Freestyle Chess Summit Singapore.
The first game of the Chess960 match between GMs Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana at the Freestyle Chess Summit Singapore starts at 12:00 UTC! Follow all the games of the event in our broadcast until 22 November.
GM Aleksandar Inđić has won the European Individual Chess Championship 2024 undefeated with a tournament performance rating of over 2800 and has qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2025 along with the other top 20 players from this year's European Championship.
Congratulations to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for winning our Streamers Battle November 2024! Congrats also to Полина Янученко1 for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,647 registered players!
The November week of variant Shield Arenas is about to start with the 3+2 Chess960 Arena! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's arena.
Join the Winter's Comin' Arena, organised by the Connecticut State Chess Association, starting 16 November at 18:00 UTC - for 2 hours of 5+0 Blitz with a total prize fund of $600!
Congrats @AlezierChessYT on winning the Lichess Game of the Month October 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Watch Day 2 and all remaining rounds of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz in our broadcasts until 17 November with GMs Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the Open and Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Humpy Koneru in the Women's tournament among others.
We added a new Hint button to our puzzles, which highlights the piece you need to move next! Use it when you're stuck in a puzzle, but don't want to see the whole solution yet.
GMs Frederik Svane and Maksim Chigaev currently share the lead in the European Individual Chess Championship 2024 with 4/4 and will face each other in Round 5, starting at 14:15 UTC! Follow all the games in our broadcast until 19 November.
Congratulations to GM Vincent Keymer for winning our Blitz Titled Arena November! GM Brandon Jacobson took 2nd place, ahead of GM Daniel Naroditsky in 3rd place.
Our November 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts in just 2 hours at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina has won the Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix undefeated with five wins and four draws! Read our recap of the final round and find out what happened.
GM Arjun Erigaisi has climbed to world number 2 in the live ratings after beating GM Alexey Sarana in Round 3 of the Chennai Grandmasters!
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! See what the developers and community contributors have been working on in our updated changelog.
Meet the Lichess Team in Berlin, Germany on Sunday 10th November from 16:00 until late in the evening! Check out our blog for more details.
Our November 1+0 Bullet Shield Arena, the first of seven daily Shield Arenas this week, starts at 16:00 UTC! The winner will get a unique trophy and keep it until next month's tournament.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamers Battles on 18th November at 16:00 UTC and 16th December at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!