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More »| GM Daniel Naroditsky Memorial | 6h | 11201 | |
| Weekly Horde | 3h | 42 | |
| Daily Rapid | 2h 30m | 635 | |
| Weekly Chess960 | 3h | 67 | |
| ≤2000 Bullet | 27m | 100 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 27m | 43 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 75 | |
| Daily HyperBullet | 1h | ||
| ≤1500 Rapid | 57m | ||
| ≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | ||
| King's Gambit Accepted SuperBlitz | 57m | ||
| ≤1300 Bullet | 27m | ||
| ≤1700 Blitz | 57m | ||
| Streamer Arena November '25 | 2h | 269 |
Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena November 2025, ahead of IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!
Our November 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts in less than two hours at 19:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena.
We invite you to join us tomorrow at 15:00 UTC for a bullet arena in memory of GM Daniel Naroditsky, known on Lichess as @RebeccaHarris. November 9 would have been his 30th birthday.
Top seeds GM Wesley So, GM Hans Niemann, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, and GM Nihal Sarin were eliminated in Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! Read our recap, check out our interviews from the World Cup on YouTube, and watch all the games of Round 3 now in our broadcast.
Streamers and communities, get ready for the next Streamer Arenas on 10 November at 16:00 UTC and 7 December at 16:00 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.
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.
