Watch Round 2 of the Almaty Open 2025 now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts IM Laura Unuk and WIM Jesse February!

Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 11 August at 15:00 UTC and 8 September at 15:00 UTC, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see here.

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February and IM Laura Unuk for the first round of the Almaty Open 2025! GMs Bassem Amin, Aram Hakobyan, Maxim Matlakov, Brandon Jacobson and many others compete for the total prize fund of $100,000.

Your donations and support have allowed us to do many awesome things this half-year that we hope you enjoy! We will continue to work hard to give you the best free, libre, and open-source chess experience. Read our Half-Year Update 2025 to see how we have changed for the better.

Congrats @Fritzi_2003 on winning our 2025 Summer Marathon with a 65% win rate in 890 games, finishing 196 points ahead of 2nd placed @BrightFalcon! Thanks to all 22,405 registered users who played a total of 475,480 games and 34,063,804 moves.

The 2025 Summer Marathon starts at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 1+0 Bullet and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.

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