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More »| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 77 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 27m | 15 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 168 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 38 | |
| 2025 Autumn Marathon | 24h | 3325 | |
| ≤1500 Rapid | 57m | ||
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| ≤1700 Blitz | 57m | ||
| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | ||
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
| ≤1300 Bullet | 27m | ||
| ≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| Titled Arena October '25 | 2h | 35 |
Our 2025 Autumn Marathon starts in just two hours at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 3+2 Blitz and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.
Congratulations to team Super monster Knights for winning the 9th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers GM Mamikon Gharibyan, IM @doughnut42, GM Mitrabha Guha, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, CM Daniil Rakitin and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,719 registered players!
We are deeply saddened to hear of the untimely passing of GM Daniel Naroditsky. Danya had a deep passion for chess and a rare gift for inspiring that love of the game in others. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and his many fans at this time.
The European Chess Club Cup 2025 in Rhodes, Greece has started! Top players like GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Wei Yi and Richard Rapport in the Open tournament, and GMs Divya Deshmukh, Nana Dzagnidze and Mariya Muzychuk in the Women's tournament, will compete with their teams every day from 19 to 25 October. Watch all the games in our broadcasts.
Congratulations to K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena October 2025! Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 2nd place, to Zhigalko_Sergei & Friends for 3rd place, and to IM Manitodeplomo Fan Club for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,798 registered players!
The 9th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th October at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
Learn chess strategy from the ground up with the Morphy Simulator by @NoseKnowsAll! The study is aimed at beginner to intermediate players and covers opening principles, middlegame strategy, endgame fundamentals, and more - all through the games and moves of the legendary Paul Morphy.
