GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion and GM Bibisara Assaubayeva is the 2025 Women's World Blitz Champion! Read our final recap and check out our player interviews by IM Laura Unuk on YouTube.

After the first day of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Fabiano Caruana are in shared first on 10/13, while in the Women's tournament, IM Eline Roebers is in the sole lead with 8.5/10! Read our Day 1 recap and check out our player interviews on YouTube.

Congrats FM Dimitrios Makridis on winning our 2025 Winter Marathon with a 70% win rate in 299 games, finishing 201 points ahead of 2nd placed GM @delta_horsey! Thanks to all 21,402 registered players who played a total of 164,563 games and 11,277,348 moves. The next Marathon will take place on 18 April.

GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Rapid Champion and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is the 2025 Women's World Rapid Champion! Read our recap and check out our player interviews on YouTube. The event continues with the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2025, starting tomorrow at 11:00 UTC.

Heading into the final day of the FIDE World Rapid Championships 2025, GM Vladislav Artemiev and GM Hans Niemann are in the shared lead on 7.5/9, while GM Humpy Koneru and GM Zhu Jiner are tied for first place on 6.5/8 in the Women's tournament. Read our Day 2 recap and watch our player interviews on YouTube!

Our 2025 Winter Marathon starts at midnight UTC! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 5+3 Blitz 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.

Congrats @Ben2020Tor on winning the Lichess Game of the Month November 2025! Thank you for all your countless submissions!