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The new Lichess mobile app is now available on F-Droid, an Android app store for free, open-source applications!
Download now: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.lichess.mobileV2/
Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE Candidates 2026 🏆️
The 20-year-old Uzbek secured 1st place with one round to spare and will challenge the 19-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju in the youngest World Chess Championship Match of all time!
Every rated game played on Lichess contributes to our open database, which can be accessed for free on the website and mobile app. You can even download all the games, for any purpose you'd like: https://database.lichess.org/
More new features and improvements were added to Lichess last month! 🔥
See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the full changelog: https://lichess.org/changelog
Happy #InternationalWorkersDay! Great things are possible without taking advantage of workers or users, we just have to work together 💪
Thank you to all our contributors and check out https://lichess.org/help/contribute if you want to get involved! Whatever you do, fight for your rights!✊️
We're a day late, but wish Irene Sukandar a very happy birthday! 🎂 🥳
Eric Rosen shared a beautiful and moving tribute to his wife. We wish both all the best and Irene a wonderful year ahead!
The Greenland Chess Federation is currently holding its first ever official chess championship!
Follow all the games of the 2026 Greenlandic Championship on Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/greenlandic-national-championship-2026/LOF0iUUb
The final rounds start at 14:00 UTC and will begin soon.
"Lichess is going to stay exactly the same. We're still going to stay a charity, free for everyone, open source."
Watch our Director of Operations, Theo Wait, in an interview with Sagar Shah from ChessBase India about Lichess's cooperation with Take Take Take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nm-RPZzsM
All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Asian Leg, featuring Vaishali R, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Antoaneta Stefanova!
The first stage starts on April 30th, 13:00 UTC - Find out more from the links in the tournament description: https://lichess.org/tournament/JqgM4PxT
The first half of the FIDE Candidates 2026 is over!
GM Javokhir Sindarov still leads GM Fabiano Caruana by 1.5 points, but his winning streak ended with a draw against GM Anish Giri.
In the Women's tournament, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated GM Tan Zhongyi and is now only 0.5 points behind GM Anna Muzychuk.
➡️ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 7 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts, continuing today at 12:45 UTC!
Lichess is hosting the online qualifiers for the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026!
Watch all the games of the first Swiss qualifier now in our broadcast, featuring GMs Awonder Liang, Aryan Chopra, Francesco Sonis, Gleb Dudin, and many more: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-university-team-chess-championship-2026--online-qualifier-1/h0hmYKlG
Matthias Blübaum remained undefeated in both games against FIDE Candidates leader Javokhir Sindarov, despite the Uzbek's historic performance!
➡️ Watch our full interview with Sindarov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtEpPAkdpk
Get ready for our next Streamer Arena on 18 May at 16:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4: https://lichess.org/tournament/may26str
If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now: https://lichess.org/page/streamer-arena
GM Javokhir Sindarov remains two points ahead of GM Anish Giri in the FIDE Candidates 2026 after holding a tough game against GM Fabiano Caruana, while GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is now one point ahead of GM Anna Muzychuk and GM Zhu Jiner in the Women's Candidates, following her win against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
➡️ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 11 Recap: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-11-quadruple-draws-in-open-vaishali-extends-lead-in-womens/jtOmhHC0
The FIDE Candidates 2026 will continue today at 12:45 UTC!
With just four games left to play, GM Javokhir Sindarov has once again extended his lead to two points, while in the Women's Candidates, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is now in sole 1st place.
➡️ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 10 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-10-sindarov-widens-gap-once-again-vaishali-in-sole-lead/PBR3oo78
The finals of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Asia Online Qualifier are taking place on Lichess and have just started!
Watch all the games in our broadcast now, featuring IM Alua Nurman, IM Dinara Wagner and IM Anna M. Sargsyan, among others.
https://lichess.org/broadcast/wr-womens-chess-tour-2026-asia-online-qualifier/Kivdql4k
GM Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead in the FIDE Candidates 2026 to two points after he drew his game against GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Fabiano Caruana lost to GM Hikaru Nakamura.
Meanwhile, in the Women's Candidates, GM Anna Muzychuk lost to GM Divya Deshmukh and the tournament is wide-open with five players on 4.5/8.
➡️ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 8 Recap: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-8-sindarov-extends-lead-five-way-tie-in-womens/YSys4foQ
While the candidates battle it out, Ding Liren returns this month! He joins Ju Wenjun and Yu Yangyi in the ongoing SCO team tournament, then plays for his home province Zhejiang in the Chinese Team Championship (Apr 19-27) - his first classical event since the 2024 World Championship.
Follow his games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/BBtcN9VE
📷 Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0
Round 8 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates is starting soon!
Follow the games on Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/oe4JqS3R
Hikaru Nakamura's thoughts on Sindarov's performance in the #2026candidates!
Anish Giri defeated Fabiano Caruana in the FIDE Candidates 2026, inching closer to Javokhir Sindarov, who is now 1.5 points ahead of Giri.
Zhu Jiner and Vaishali Rameshbabu are the joint leaders of the Women's Candidates after winning against Kateryna Lagno and Divya Deshmukh, respectively.
➡️ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 9 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts now: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-9-giri-15-points-behind-sindarov-zhu-and-vaishali-lead/rOpJZdcZ
Our Blitz Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/may26bta
Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/may26bua
Congratulations to team Шустрий кабан by detective_378 for winning our Streamer Arena April 2026! 🎉
Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to The United Royal Legion for 3rd place, and to The Dark Horse Youtube and Twitch Community for 4th place.
Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,638 registered players! 🙌
Congrats FinalSpot on winning the Lichess Game of the Month March 2026! 🎉
Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
SC Viernheim won the German Bundesliga 2025/26, securing their second title with a perfect score of 30/30! The team's top players include Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden van Foreest, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Parham Maghsoodloo and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, among others.
Replay all the games in our broadcast, and check out the team standings and compositions in our new Team Results feature! https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/Y9YjcDKG
📷 Anna Giede, Frank Binding
Congratulations to Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena April 2026, ahead of Hooligan64, Thomas Beerdsen, Artem Uskov, and Pranav Venkatesh! 🏆️
All games & full standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26lta
Round 11 of the #2026candidates is about to start! ♟️
Follow all games live at: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026/oe4JqS3R
Round 9 of the #2026candidates just started! 🎉♟️
Follow all games live at: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026/oe4JqS3R
Join the Take Take Take Arena on Lichess for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of $3,000, starting today at 19:30 UTC!
IM Renato Terry won the Lichess Blitz Titled Arena May 2026! 🏆️
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk finished in 2nd place, IM Yoseph Taher in 3rd, GM Christopher Yoo in 4th, and GM Artem Uskov in 5th!
All games & full standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/may26bta
Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 3rd ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers DuploChess, IM Renato Terry, GM FeegLood, GM delta_horsey, and many others! 🎉
Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,926 registered players! 🙌
Our Bullet Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26lta
Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 17:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26wua
The first half of the #2026candidates already had many interesting positions to offer! Can you find all the right moves? ♟️ 🎉
Watch the second Swiss qualifier for the FIDE World University Team Chess Championship 2026 now in our broadcast: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-university-team-chess-championship-2026-swiss-qualifier-2-match-1-16/3jr0mHaX
The top 16 teams from each Swiss tournament advance to the knockout stage on Lichess, with 8 teams qualifying for the over-the-board finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan!
Round 10 of the #2026candidates is about to start! What are your predictions for today's games? 🎉
Follow all games live at: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026/oe4JqS3R
