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Open tournaments
More »| Eastern Blitz | 2h | 1107 | |
| Grünfeld Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 193 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 35 | |
| Hourly Horde | 57m | ||
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 40 | |
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | 10 | |
| ≤1300 Rapid | 57m | 40 | |
| ≤1500 Blitz | 57m | 29 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | ||
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 28 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | ||
| ≤1700 SuperBlitz | 57m | 25 |
Our June 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.
Lichess turns 15 years old today! Thanks to all our users, contributors and supporters. Celebrate with us in our anniversary tournament.
Lichess has resumed cooperation with Saint Louis Chess Club after positive changes. Read about our decision in full in our announcement.
WR Chess Team won the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2025 with GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Hou Yifan, Alexandra Kosteniuk, team founder Wadim Rosenstein, and captain Jan Gustafsson! They defeated team KazChess in the final.
Team MGD1 are the new FIDE World Rapid Team Champions thanks to GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, David Anton Guijarro, Leon Luke Mendonca, Pranav V, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, top scorer Atharvaa P Tayade, and team captain GM Srinath Narayanan! The World Team Championships continue with the first stage of the Blitz tournament at 13:00 UTC.
Congratulations to CHESS CLASSROOM for winning our Streamers Battle June 2025! Congrats also to Ronaldo Playing Chess for taking 2nd place, to K2N_chess for 3rd place, and to Chess_ranj for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 2,407 registered players!
The fifth ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th June at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
