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Start in 1 hour: https://lichess.org/tournament/LqU9dqEP 688. Lichess Bundesliga
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/688-lichess-bundesliga-october-4th-team-pairings
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One year later, we look back at the 2025 Lichess Meetup in Toronto, which saw three days of chess, work, and a whole lot of fun!
Many thanks again to the Annex Chess Club for hosting a fantastic tournament.
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Start in 30 min: https://lichess.org/tournament/WRMvQQdW 211. Lichess Rapid League with 200+ teams
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-rapid-league-info/lichess-rapid-league-211th-edition-october-5th-monday-all-team-pairings#AZogWRat
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Enjoy our Puzzle Pack for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026, curated and annotated by FM Nazmi Can Doğan and FM Tamer Tarık Selbes! 🧩
The study contains 64 exciting and instructive puzzles for you to solve and learn from.
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Congrats @rcstinson on winning the Lichess Game of the Month August 2026! 🎉
Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌
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Our Game of the Month September Contest is underway: Share your best Lichess standard game played in September 2026 until October 12th!
The winner will be announced on October 24th, followed by a blog post with commentary on the game.
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Our Board Editor now supports importing board positions from images!
Select "From image" or drag and drop the image onto the board.
Many thanks to Joël Seytre for the underlying ChessQueries recognition model, also available on chessq.org! 🙌
Lichess uses the ChessQ Lite V4 model under the PolyForm Noncommercial license.
The feature will also come to our mobile app soon. 📱
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Start in 2 minutes: 689. Lichess Bundesliga https://lichess.org/tournament/dC0SWMYT
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/689-lichess-bundesliga-october-8th-team-pairings
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The new season of the German Bundesliga has started: https://lichess.org/broadcast/german-bundesliga-202627-schachbundesliga/jJzJv14g
Follow all the games now in our broadcast, featuring GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, Matthias Blübaum, Faustino Oro, and more!
The official German livestream with WGM Josefine Safarli & WCM Katharina Reinecke is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_L9hjdLukY
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GM Peter Svidler is now live for Round 3 of Lichess4545 Season 50!
Tune in on Twitch for Peter Svidler's live commentary.
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Start in 55 minutes: https://lichess.org/tournament/eGmZ9UV2 690. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams
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Start in 5 minutes: https://lichess.org/tournament/ay5AMou4 212. Lichess Rapid League
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-rapid-league-info/lichess-rapid-league-212th-edition-october-12th-monday-all-team-pairings#hNrK1h91
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Congratulations to team K2N_chess by FM Konstantin Kostin for winning our Streamer Arena October 2026! 🎉
Congrats also to Online World Chess Lovers for taking 2nd place, to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for 3rd place, and to CSCA Open Events for 4th place.
Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,429 registered players! 🙌
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GM Zhu Jiner of Team China joined us for an interview after the final round of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Zhu won individual gold for her performance on Board 1 and team gold with China in the Women's Olympiad! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6S9qJHNRBM
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Our Titled Arena schedule from October to December 2026 has been announced!
As usual, each Titled Arena features a prize fund of $1,000 and will be preceded by a Warm-up Arena open to all players.
The next Blitz Titled Arena takes place on 2026-10-17 at 19:00 UTC.
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The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-10-20 at 20:00 UTC!
The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.
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Start in 10 min: https://lichess.org/tournament/lLTfLdgJ 691. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams - links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/691-lichess-bundesliga-october-15th-team-pairings
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Our October 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-10-17 at 18:00 UTC!
Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Blitz Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.
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Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena October 2026, ahead of IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Saparmyrat Atabayev, FM Dinçer Taşdöğen, and GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi! 🏆
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Start in 10 min: https://lichess.org/tournament/V3g1IEiD 692. Lichess Bundesliga
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/692-lichess-bundesliga-october-18th-team-pairings
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Start in 40 minutes: https://lichess.org/tournament/szRosCZu 213th Lichess Rapid League
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-rapid-league-info/lichess-rapid-league-213th-edition-october-19th-monday-all-team-pairings#9Ka2sL9I
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We recap our successful weekend of chess, work, and camaraderie at our 2026 Lichess Meetup in Prague: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/2026-lichess-meetup-in-prague/7DKS0WPk
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and special thanks to Chess House Praha and national arbiter Dominik Rous for helping us out with the event!
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