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LichessLichess Game of the Month: July '26
Fire-workI found all records in Leela's games (including sacrifices) + 180 !! puzzles
WFM szefruBoard Vision First, Strategy Later
danthedestroyer317Fischer vs Spassky III: The Controversial Re-Match
MEGALODON777hsProduction mishaps fail to overshadow a fun GCL Day 1
WFM fla2021The Reti Rifle: Loading My Queen Behind the Bishop
FM Zig_Zag_Zug_ZwangGood Piece, Bad Piece
IM justiniano565Patterns in 960 starting positions II
AdamPosterThe Art of Taking Advantage of Inactive Pieces
Congratulations to team K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena August 2026! Congrats also to CSCA Open Events for taking 2nd place, to DarkOnTeams for 3rd place, and to Online World Chess Lovers for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,514 registered players!
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.
Our Light Theme now supports background images! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, enable Background image, and pick an existing picture or add a custom image link. Adjust the Image opacity to your liking for better readability.
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 !
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