The FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships start today! Watch our pre-event interviews with Javokhir Sindarov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Fabiano Caruana.

The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-06-20 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on 2026-06-15 16:00 UTC and 2026-07-27 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, register now.

Our Game of the Month May Contest is still underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2026 until 2026-06-13 00:00 UTC! The winner will be announced on 2026-06-24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

GM Felix Blohberger and GM David Navara play a classical OTB match from June 8 to 13, starting every day at 13:00 UTC! Tune in now for live commentary by GM Alex Colovic and IM Kostya Kavutskiy and follow the games in our broadcast.

Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena June 2026, ahead of IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, FM Dmitry Goltsev, GM @handofprince, and FM Cristian Arrieta Hernández!

Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-06-06 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Chess960 Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.