Following our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague, we recap the successful weekend of chess, work, and camaraderie. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and special thanks to Chess House Praha and national arbiter Dominik Rous for helping us out with the event!

Watch Round 4 of Lichess4545 Season 50 now live on Twitch with NM Marc Nassar!

Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Saparmyrat Atabayev, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi!

Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-10-17 at 18:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-10-20 at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

Our Titled Arena schedule from October to December 2026 has been announced! As usual, each Titled Arena features a prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players. The next Blitz Titled Arena takes place on 2026-10-17 at 19:00 UTC.

Congratulations to team K2N_chess by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena October 2026! Congrats also to Online World Chess Lovers for taking 2nd place, to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for 3rd place, and to CSCA Open Events for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,429 registered players!