The long diagonal paves the way to White's king
5 Oct 2026Latest posts
One year later, we look back at the 2025 Lichess meetup in Toronto, which saw an OTB tournament, work, and, of course, a whole lot of fun!
3 Oct 2026Uzbekistan wins the open on 20/22 match points, with India taking the silver and Germany the bronze. In the Women's, China won two points clear of the field on 20 match points, with Kazakhstan in 2nd on 18 and India in third on 17.
27 Sep 2026Uzbekistan is in sole first on 16/18 match points, with India, Uzbekistan 2, and Armenia one point behind on 15/18; in the Women's, China is in sole first on 17/18 match points, with its closest rivals on 15/18 being India, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.
25 Sep 2026After defeating India, Uzbekistan is in the sole lead with 12/12 match points, with China and Armenia on 11/12. In the Women's, China and Kazakhstan are in 1st place on 12/12 match points, with 11 teams in close pursuit on 10/12 match points.
21 Sep 2026The top 10 seeds in both the Open and Women's, except for England in the Open and Georgia, Ukraine, and France in the Women's, remain steady on 6/6 match points.
18 Sep 2026The 2026 Samarkand Olympiad promises to be a very exciting and memorable chess Olympiad.
15 Sep 2026A pawn race ends in a classic promotion tactic
4 Sep 2026Announcing our schedule for upcoming Streamer Arenas!
16 Aug 2026Mobile updates, site updates, broadcasts, events, and more!
12 Aug 2026Sunday, September 20th, 2026
7 Aug 2026A queen sacrifice — with check!
4 Aug 2026Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
6 Jul 2026A stunning three queens game
2 Jul 2026Dragon Chilling won the FIDE World Team Blitz Chess Championship 2026, defeating Endgame.AI in a dominant final and achieving a double gold. Uzbekistan took third after winning against Hexamind Chess Team.
21 Jun 2026After a topsy-turvy third day, Dragon Chilling won the FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship 2026 on tiebreaks, edging out Team MGD1 and Hexamind Chess Team, who shared first with Dragon Chilling on matchpoints.
19 Jun 2026Five days of extremely exciting, world class speed chess!
16 Jun 2026A very aggressive f5 in the Ruy Lopez
4 Jun 2026Legendary Indian Grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand sat down for an interview with Lichess’ Director of Operations, Theo Wait, at the recently concluded FIDE Candidates Tournament.
23 May 2026A rapid counterattack and sacrifice
2 May 2026