Our Game of the Month May Contest is still underway!
Share your best Lichess standard game played in May 2026 until June 12 in our forum: lichess.org/forum/genera...
The winner will be announced on June 24, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Happy Pride Month! π³οΈβπ
Lichess is for everyone, chess is for everyone!
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You can now pin your favourite players in broadcasts! Use the pin icon in the Players tab to show their games on top of other boards, or enable "Pinned" in the Boards tab to only show their games.
Congrats diegodon on winning the Lichess Game of the Month April 2026! π
Thank you for all your countless submissions! π
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15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn won the 2026 European Women's Chess Championship! Entering the tournament as the 76th seed with a 2207 rating, she finished with a 2580 performance to gain 214 Elo from the event and become the women's world No. 18.
π· ECU, 2700chess
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 for live commentary by GM Alex Colovic & IM Kostya Kavutskiy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Q-...
Follow the games on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/gm...
Mobile players, we heard your feedback! We have rewritten our mobile chess board in the latest update, resulting in a 2x improvement in responsiveness and a reduction of lag stutters. Please let us know if you feel a difference!
Download the mobile app: lichess.org/mobile
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! π₯
See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the full changelog: lichess.org/changelog
Replay the game on Lichess: lichess.org/zwerPamt/black
Our Chess960 Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/9...
Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC, before they enter the Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/9...
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Lichess Game of the Month April 2026 π₯ Congrats diegodon π
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On the road to 2600, Austrian Grandmaster Felix Blohberger will play against Super GM David Navara in a private matchβ¦
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koh99koh (2415) played diegodon (2327) in a rated Rapid (10+5) game of chess. diegodon won by checkmate after 27 moves. Click to replay, analyse, and discuss the game!