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We have announced the schedule for our first Titled Arenas of 2026: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
Each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
Titled Arena Announcement(s) — January to March 2026
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
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January 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
We have announced the schedule for our first Titled Arenas of 2026: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
Each arena has a total prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
The Discovered Check puzzle theme is now available on Lichess: lichess.org/training/dis...
Black to move and mate in 2 🤔
Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by dirkster99: lichess.org/@/dirkster99...
Black to move and mate in 2 🤔
Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by dirkster99: lichess.org/@/dirkster99...
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The Discovered Check puzzle theme is now available on Lichess: lichess.org/training/dis...
Black to move and mate in 2 🤔
Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by dirkster99: lichess.org/@/dirkster99...
Black to move and mate in 2 🤔
Find out more about the theme, related patterns, and how we implement new puzzle themes in the blog post by dirkster99: lichess.org/@/dirkster99...
Let's look back at the highlights of Lichess over the past year in our 2025 End of Year Update!
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Lichess: End of Year Update 2025
Is it just us, or has this year flown by? As we say goodbye to 2025 and enter 2026, let's look back at the highlights of Lichess in 2025.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Let's look back at the highlights of Lichess over the past year in our 2025 End of Year Update!
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lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Lichess development isn't slowing down! 🚀 Thanks to the 166 contributors who worked on our open-source codebase last year, we reached another all-time high number of pull requests in 2025.
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Lichess development isn't slowing down! 🚀 Thanks to the 166 contributors who worked on our open-source codebase last year, we reached another all-time high number of pull requests in 2025.
Due to your kindness and generosity, we received over $80,000 USD last month - the most donations we've ever received in a single month in our entire history!
Thank you, so much, for believing in our work and supporting us to provide free chess for everyone. ❤️
Thank you, so much, for believing in our work and supporting us to provide free chess for everyone. ❤️
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Due to your kindness and generosity, we received over $80,000 USD last month - the most donations we've ever received in a single month in our entire history!
Thank you, so much, for believing in our work and supporting us to provide free chess for everyone. ❤️
Thank you, so much, for believing in our work and supporting us to provide free chess for everyone. ❤️
Start of the Lichess Rapid League - Season 2026 in 20 minutes: lichess.org/tournament/3... - Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-r... Join the action now!
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Start of the Lichess Rapid League - Season 2026 in 20 minutes: lichess.org/tournament/3... - Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-r... Join the action now!
Start of the new Lichess Bundesliga Season 2026 in about 40 minutes: lichess.org/tournament/N...
Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l...
Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l...
January 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Start of the new Lichess Bundesliga Season 2026 in about 40 minutes: lichess.org/tournament/N...
Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l...
Links of all leagues: lichess.org/forum/team-l...
Our Game of the Month December Contest is underway!
➡️ Share your best standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January in our forum topic: lichess.org/forum/genera...
The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
➡️ Share your best standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January in our forum topic: lichess.org/forum/genera...
The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Our Game of the Month December Contest is underway!
➡️ Share your best standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January in our forum topic: lichess.org/forum/genera...
The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
➡️ Share your best standard game played in December 2025 until 12 January in our forum topic: lichess.org/forum/genera...
The winner will be announced on 24 January, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Congrats Saqochess & friends and fan club for winning the $10k ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Final with top scorers IM Reza Mahdavi, catask, IM Jakub Pulpan, and many others!
Thanks to all participating streamers and 3,135 registered players, including 313 titled players!
lichess.org/tournament/C...
Thanks to all participating streamers and 3,135 registered players, including 313 titled players!
lichess.org/tournament/C...
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Congrats Saqochess & friends and fan club for winning the $10k ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Final with top scorers IM Reza Mahdavi, catask, IM Jakub Pulpan, and many others!
Thanks to all participating streamers and 3,135 registered players, including 313 titled players!
lichess.org/tournament/C...
Thanks to all participating streamers and 3,135 registered players, including 313 titled players!
lichess.org/tournament/C...
Looking at how "moves per second" varies, we can see the impact of chess players being dragged away from playing, to celebrate the new year! 🎊
January 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Looking at how "moves per second" varies, we can see the impact of chess players being dragged away from playing, to celebrate the new year! 🎊
How will you celebrate New Year's Eve? 🤣
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How will you celebrate New Year's Eve? 🤣
Congrats Ben2020Tor on winning the Lichess Game of the Month November 2025! 🎉
Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
👉 Replay the game on Lichess: lichess.org/rtE2k0da
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Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
👉 Replay the game on Lichess: lichess.org/rtE2k0da
youtube.com/shorts/NZgXX...
Lichess Game of the Month November 2025! Congrats Ben2020Tor 🎉
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December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Congrats Ben2020Tor on winning the Lichess Game of the Month November 2025! 🎉
Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
👉 Replay the game on Lichess: lichess.org/rtE2k0da
youtube.com/shorts/NZgXX...
Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
👉 Replay the game on Lichess: lichess.org/rtE2k0da
youtube.com/shorts/NZgXX...
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion and GM Bibisara Assaubayeva is the 2025 Women's World Blitz Champion! 🏆
Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
FIDE World Blitz Chmp.: Magnus Carlsen and Bibisara Assaubayeva World Champions
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion, with GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov finishing in second, and GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Arjun Erigaisi finishing in third and fourth;GM Bibisara…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion and GM Bibisara Assaubayeva is the 2025 Women's World Blitz Champion! 🏆
Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship!
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship!
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Congratulations to Bibisara Assaubayeva for winning the 2025 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship!
📷 Anna Shtourman / FIDE
📷 Anna Shtourman / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Congratulations to Bibisara Assaubayeva for winning the 2025 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship!
📷 Anna Shtourman / FIDE
📷 Anna Shtourman / FIDE
The final of the World Blitz Championship 2025: Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov!
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The final of the World Blitz Championship 2025: Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov!
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE
The final of the Women's World Blitz Championship 2025: Bibisara Assaubayeva vs Anna Muzychuk!
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Lennart Ootes / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The final of the Women's World Blitz Championship 2025: Bibisara Assaubayeva vs Anna Muzychuk!
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Lennart Ootes / FIDE
Watch the games: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Lennart Ootes / FIDE
The 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship Semi-Finalists are confirmed!
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship Semi-Finalists are confirmed!
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
The 2025 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship Semi-Finalists are confirmed!
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The 2025 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship Semi-Finalists are confirmed!
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
The final day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025 is about to start!
The new World Champions will be crowned today - who are you rooting for?
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Stefan64 via Wikimedia Commons
The new World Champions will be crowned today - who are you rooting for?
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Stefan64 via Wikimedia Commons
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The final day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025 is about to start!
The new World Champions will be crowned today - who are you rooting for?
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Stefan64 via Wikimedia Commons
The new World Champions will be crowned today - who are you rooting for?
Follow all the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Photos: Lennart Ootes / FIDE, Anna Shtourman / FIDE, Stefan64 via Wikimedia Commons
Sara Khadem joined us for an interview after the 5th round of the Women's World Blitz Championship!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc1...
Sara Khadem: Blitz all depends on luck! | Women's World Blitz 2025 | Day 1
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh joined us for an interview after the 5th round of the Women's World Blitz Championship! #RapidBlitz
Interviewer: https://www.instagram.com/lorci49/
Editor: @incTG
Replay…
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December 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sara Khadem joined us for an interview after the 5th round of the Women's World Blitz Championship!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc1...
Fabiano Caruana won in Round 12 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 after a shocking blunder by Magnus Carlsen!
➡️ Watch our post-game interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZDe...
➡️ Watch our post-game interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZDe...
Fabiano Caruana After Beating Magnus Carlsen | World Blitz 2025 | Day 1
Fabiano Caruana won in Round 12 of the World Blitz Championship after a shocking blunder by Magnus Carlsen! #RapidBlitz
Interviewer: https://www.instagram.com/lorci49/
Editor: @incTG
Replay the…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Fabiano Caruana won in Round 12 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 after a shocking blunder by Magnus Carlsen!
➡️ Watch our post-game interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZDe...
➡️ Watch our post-game interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZDe...
After the first day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Fabiano Caruana are in shared first on 10/13, while in the Women's tournament, IM Eline Roebers is in the sole lead with 8.5/10!
➡️ Day 1 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
➡️ Day 1 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
FIDE World Blitz Chmp. 2025 D1: MVL, Caruana, & Arjun in 1st; Roebers Sole Lead
GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Fabiano Caruana are in shared first on 10/13, while in the Women's, IM Eline Roebers is in the sole lead with 8.5/10, with GM Aleksandra…
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December 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
After the first day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Fabiano Caruana are in shared first on 10/13, while in the Women's tournament, IM Eline Roebers is in the sole lead with 8.5/10!
➡️ Day 1 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
➡️ Day 1 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
🧩 White to move! How did Aleksandra Goryachkina trap black's queen to win in Round 6 of the World Rapid Championship?
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🧩 White to move! How did Aleksandra Goryachkina trap black's queen to win in Round 6 of the World Rapid Championship?
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
📷 Lennart Ootes / FIDE
30 minutes to go until the start of the World Blitz Championships! Who are you rooting for?
Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes, Michal Walusza, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes, Michal Walusza, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
30 minutes to go until the start of the World Blitz Championships! Who are you rooting for?
Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes, Michal Walusza, Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Lennart Ootes, Michal Walusza, Anna Shtourman / FIDE