LichessLichess Game of the Month: July '26
LichessLichess Meetup: Prague
CM ChessFlow_orgCEOIs Chess Coaching Worth It?
ALEEQAPنيبو يحاصر نيمان بافتتاح بتروف للطرفين| معركة مارشال بلا رحمة
RuyLopez1000Viktor Korchnoi vs Géza Maróczy
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM: Week 7 -- From Underdog to Favorite
A8086555Why can't LLMs play chess well?
MarcotheTigerThe Chronicles Of Atomic Part 1 The Titans
alphabetical_mnoSELESS Round 1: Aloysius Onyetube v Femi Emmanuel (Jesufemi Ogundalu)
Our Game of the Month August Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in August 2026 until at ! The winner will be announced on , followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
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Congratulations to GM Artem Uskov for winning our Bullet Titled Arena August 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, FM @BrightFalcon, IM @ManiacalZerker, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!
Our August 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, at ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congrats @sniperBis6hopx on winning the Lichess Game of the Month July 2026! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Join the next Take Take Take Arena for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of over $2,000, starting on at !
The first edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess is about to start! Join us now on YouTube and Twitch.
Open tournaments
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| Monthly Antichess | 3h 30m | 144 | |
| Daily Chess960 | 1h 30m | 80 | |
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| Daily HyperBullet | 1h |
