While most of the favourites won their matches in Round 1 of the FIDE World Cup 2025, IM Wang Shixu upset GM Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Faustino Oro prevailed against GM Ante Brkić. Read our recap and watch Round 2 now in our broadcast.

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

The FIDE World Cup 2025 takes place in Goa, India, from 1–26 November, and starts at 09:30 UTC! With a prize fund of $2,000,000 and three Candidates spots up for grabs, the knockout tournament is one of the highlights this year. Check out our preview, including simulated predictions, and watch all the games in our broadcast.

2,102 Halloween Gambits were played on Lichess last Halloween, according to our free and open database! Celebrate with our thematic 3+0 Halloween Gambit Arena, starting at 22:00 UTC.

GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, ahead of GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju! Replay all the games in our broadcast.

Congrats @Ze-Prodigy on winning the Lichess Game of the Month September 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!

World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are playing in the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown until 29 October! Watch all the games in our broadcast.