Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
We're pleased to announce a schedule for our upcoming Titled Arenas!
All events will be preceded by a warm-up arena open to all players with a minimum of 20 rated games in the relevant time control and variant.
Served up with superb Sasha stream!
Magnus Carlsen clinched first place in the last minutes of the thrilling April Titled Arena, in what must have been one of the most competitive to date.
Join us for a new streamer's battle!
We are pleased to announce another edition to begin on Saturday 2nd May at 19:00 UTC.
Postponed halfway through due to safety concerns caused by COVID-19, the fallout from the Candidates may be the least of FIDE’s worries
Controversial from the start, the 2020 Candidates Tournament promised to be like no other when GM Teimour Radjabov was unceremoniously removed from the line-up after sharing doubts that FIDE could guarantee his safety. Exactly halfway through the event, Radjabov’s concerns were vindicated as the tournament was abruptly postponed after FIDE admitted it could no longer guarantee the safety of players and staff.
(title image: Death playing chess, Albertus Pictor 1480 - 1490 fresco; faded ribbon has death proclaiming "I chessmate thee", inspired by the Black Death in Sweden)
April's Titled Arena Edition!
The next Lichess Titled Arena will be on Saturday the 25th April at 19:00 UTC!
The event will as usual be preceded by a bullet 1+0 Warm-up Arena, open to all players with a minimum of 20 rated bullet games. Yes, even you.
As if we didn't already know
The response to our brand new logo was overwhelming!
A new era begins for Lichess
[EDIT - 2/4/2020] We were just kidding! April fools! Full credit to the artist who actually produced the beautiful "horsie" artwork at the center of this project, Cham.
Join us for the third streamer's battle!
We are pleased to announce another edition to begin on Saturday 28th March at 14:00 UTC.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave eases into first place in a crucial victory
Officially halfway through the Candidates Tournament, amid increasingly strong Russian and international actions against COVID-19, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has unseated Ian Nepomniactchi from first place - with both on 4.5 from 7 games, but Vachier-Lagrave nudging ahead by tiebreak.
(Photo credit: Maria Emelianova for FIDE)
A catch up to rounds 4 - 6 of the Candidates Tournament; video recaps by IM Alex Astaneh Lopez and GM Jon Speelman
Rounds 4 and 5 were slower days of the Candidates Tournament so far, with all of the games in R4 being draws, and 3 out of 4 being draws in R5. R6 had more action, with half the games being decisive.
After R6, the standings are: 1. Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 4.5 of 6 games 2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 3.5 of 6 games 3 - 6. Fabiano Caruana (USA); Anish Giri (NDL); Wang Hao (CHN); Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 3 of 6 games 7 - 8. Ding Liren (CHN); Kirill Alekseenko (RUS) 2 of 6 games