The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad starts tomorrow, at in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Nearly 2,000 players from almost 400 teams will compete in the Open and Women's tournaments until . Read our Preview Blog, follow all the games in our broadcasts, and stay tuned for our on-site player interviews on YouTube.
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess! See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the updated changelog.
We are trying out a new format for our changelog. Let us know in our forum if you have any feedback.
Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena September 2026, ahead of GM @caching, IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, GM Pranav Venkatesh, and CM Georgijs Germanovs!
Registrations for Season 50 of Lichess4545 are still open! This special season will feature live commentary from the legendary GM Daniel King and GM Peter Svidler, among others. Celebrate the start of the new season together with us in the faster 15+15 Season 50 Kick-off Arena on at .
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts today, at ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Chess960 Titled Arena at .
The FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2026 has started, with 41 teams competing in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Follow all the games in our broadcast until .
Meet the Lichess Team for chess, snacks, and camaraderie in Prague, Czech Republic! Join us on from at Juliš Hub 1933, Nové Město. Many thanks to Chess House Praha for helping us out with the event! Find more details in our full announcement.
Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on at and at , 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.
Congratulations to team K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena August 2026! Congrats also to CSCA Open Events for taking 2nd place, to DarkOnTeams for 3rd place, and to Online World Chess Lovers for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,514 registered players!
Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2026 until at ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
Our Light Theme now supports background images! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, enable Background image, and pick an existing picture or add a custom image link. Adjust the Image opacity to your liking for better readability.
Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena August 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, FM @BrightFalcon, IM @ManiacalZerker, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!
Our August 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, at ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congrats @sniperBis6hopx on winning the Lichess Game of the Month July 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Join the next Take Take Take Arena for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of over $2,000, starting on at !
The first edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess is about to start! Join us now on YouTube and Twitch.
In our first edition of Ladder Legends, GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko faces GM Volodymyr Vetoshko in a 45+30 classical game, featuring instructive live commentary by our host IM Emil Stefanov! Join us tomorrow, at on YouTube and Twitch to enjoy high-level slow chess.
Congratulations to team IQPI by WIM Irina Petrova for winning the 7th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, @chesstrain866, IM Alexander Khripachenko, IM Alexandr Ulanov, GM Kirill Shubin, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,817 registered players!
If you've had trouble logging into our mobile app, we have good news! There is now a secondary way of logging in using email - so login issues should be resolved. Happy playing!
Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on at and at , 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.
Congratulations to GM Andy Woodward for winning our Blitz Titled Arena August 2026, ahead of CM @Romaa2011, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, GM Shant Sargsyan, and IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher!
Join the $500 CSCA OE Third Anniversary Arena today, at , and play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at .
Your donations and support have allowed us to do many awesome things this half-year that we hope you enjoy! We will continue to work hard to give you the best free, libre, and open-source chess experience. Read our Half-Year Update 2026 to see how we have changed for the better.
The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on at ! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
You can now change the opacity of your background picture! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, select Picture, and adjust the Background image opacity.
Please note that the default opacity is set to 50%. You can set it to 100% to restore the previous appearance of your image.