Our Game of the Month January Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in January 2024 until February 5th! The winner will be announced one week after the deadline, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
12-year-old IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus won the 1st Jeddah Festival Young Masters with 6.5/9 points and earned his second GM norm! The 4th placed IM Andy Woodward even achieved his final GM norm and is set to become the youngest currently active Grandmaster at the age of 13.
The final of the Antichess World Championship will begin in 30 minutes! Who is going to be the new champion: @TheUnknownGuyReborn or @llIVIll? Watch the games live with commentary by @firebatprime.
The announced qualification paths for the FIDE Candidates 2026: There will be 3 spots from the World Cup, 2 from the Grand Swiss, 2 from the Circuit and 1 for the highest rated player, which will be determined by the 6-month average instead of the current rating to avoid situations like in December.
You can now subscribe to broadcasts! Simply enable the toggle on the tournament page and you will be notified when the next round starts.
The Tata Steel 2024 is over: GM Wei Yi has won the Masters in a 4-player tiebreak and is now ranked #9 in the world! GM Leon Luke Mendonca is the Challengers winner and will play in the Masters next year, while IM Arthur Pijpers advances to the Challengers 2025 as the winner of the Amateurs section.
The final round of the Tata Steel Masters is underway, but we might see more games today: GMs Vidit, Giri, Gukesh, Abdusattorov & Wei Yi are currently tied for 1st place, and if two or more players are still tied for 1st place after the round, the winner will be determined in blitz tiebreaker games.
Congratulations to @RebeccaHarris for winning the January Titled Arena with 141 points and a 50% berserk rate, just ahead of @junglebook1 in 2nd place and @mutdpro finishing 3rd!
Join our Titled Arena Warm-up starting in 3 hours and get the chance to face some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
Broadcast multi-board evaluation bars can now be easily turned on and off by toggling the new checkbox.
Final rest day of the Tata Steel Masters: With 3 rounds and possible tie-breaks to play, GMs Abdusattorov & Gukesh are in 1st place, 0.5 points ahead of GMs Giri & Praggnanandhaa. In the Challengers section, GM Maurizzi is on a 3-game winning streak and the sole leader, 1 point ahead of GM Mendonca.
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi wins against GM Ding Liren in round 10 of the Tata Steel Masters and gets his revenge for the World Championship match in their second classical game since then. Their first game in the Superbet Chess Classic ended in a draw.
Congratulations to @papasi and the PAPASIonates team for winning the first ever Streamers Battle with prizes!
Second rest day of the Tata Steel Masters: GMs Gukesh D, Anish Giri & Alireza Firouzja are tied for 1st place with 5 points after 8 of 13 rounds played. The Challengers section is led by GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi with 5.5/8 points. No rest day, however, in the Amateurs section led by IM Pijpers.
The January week of Variant Shield Arenas has started with the Chess960 Arena! The winner keeps the unique trophy for one month and must defend it in the next tournament.
The third and final set of the Crazyhouse World Cup Grand Final between NM blitzbullet, who leads 21-19, and FM calcu_later will start in 30 minutes. Tune in for live commentary and find out who will win! (Twitch)
IM Eline Roebers achieved her next high rated win in the Tata Steel Challengers against number 2 seeded GM Mustafa Yilmaz, following her victory over top seeded GM Hans Niemann yesterday! The Tata Steel Masters is still led by GM Anish Giri with 4.5 points after 6 of 13 rounds played.
GM Ju Wenjun defeated GM Alireza Firouzja in round 5 of the Tata Steels Masters, while IM Eline Roebers beat GM Hans Niemann in the Challengers section. Both players achieved the highest rated wins of their careers today!
On the 22nd, the next Streamers Battle will be held, where streamers and their communities will compete against each other in a 5+0 team arena! For the first time ever, there will be prizes!
Rest day in the Tata Steel Masters: 4 rounds have been played and GM Giri is leading with 3.5 points. Yesterday we saw GM Praggnanandhaa defeat reigning World Champion Ding Liren, overtaking GM Anand as India's highest ranked player in the live ratings! The event continues tomorrow with round 5.
The Yearly Chess960 Arena starts in 3 hours! Get ready for 5 hours of 3+0 with randomized starting positions.
Join us and thousands of players in our 4 hours long Yearly Bullet Arena, starting in one hour!
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk is the winner of both the European Women's Blitz and Rapid Championships, defeating GM Anna Ushenina in the final and deciding game for the Rapid title.