Congratulations to @Gakolchess765 for finishing 1st in our 2024 Spring Marathon, winning 69% of the total 336 games with a berserk rate of 99%, followed by runner-up @Ragehunter and @Fritzi_2003 in 3rd place! Thanks to all 22,000+ players who participated.

@EricRosen has streamed the entire 2024 Spring Marathon so far on Twitch! Make sure to join one of our classic events for the remaining 10 hours - together with over 16,000 players already!

Join our 2024 Spring Marathon for 24 hours of 5+0 blitz chess and be part of the biggest chess tournament in history, starting at midnight UTC! The winner, top 10, top 50, top 100 and top 500 players will all get a unique trophy.

GM Wei Yi leads the 2024 Superbet Poland after the rapid section, ahead of GMs Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa R. The winner of the event, which also features World Championship challenger GM Gukesh D, will be decided in blitz games over the next two days, starting at 11:05 UTC.

You can now adjust the hue, brightness and opacity of your board! Customise to your liking in the board settings of your account menu.

Congratulations to GM David Navara, who annotated 4 games of the 2023 World Championship on Lichess, for winning the Czech Championship for a record 13th time! After an early loss in round 3, he came back with a queen sacrifice in the next round and went on to win all 6 remaining games.

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has won the TePe Sigeman & Co 2024 in a 3-player tiebreak against GMs Peter Svidler and Arjun Erigaisi.