Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2025 until 12 September! The winner will be announced on 24 September, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.

We are currently encountering technical difficulties with the broadcast page. During this time, the page will redirect to the broadcast calendar. We apologize for the inconvenience.
[EDIT] The technical difficulties have been resolved and the broadcast page is working again.

GM Pranav Venkatesh won the first edition of the Fujairah Global Superstars 2025 undefeated with 7/9! Watch our winner's interview on YouTube.

GM Wesley So won the Sinquefield Cup 2025! The tournament was decided in a round-robin blitz playoff between tied GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So.

Congrats @CyberShredder on winning the Lichess Game of the Month July 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

Congratulations to team Moon Club for winning the 7th ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers @Guary1, GM @FeegLood, GM Thomas Beerdsen, @aloneking1234, GM Shant Sargsyan and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,904 registered players!

Lichess suffered unscheduled downtime between 14:48 UTC and 15:08 UTC. The cause appears to be a crucial server abruptly shutting down due to hardware failure, outside of our control. Things should be stable, but we will be monitoring closely. Unfortunately, we can't refund rating points or restore game positions. We apologise for disruption and inconvenience.