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Blog posts from 2022
The November Titled Arena 960 does a 360 with Bortnyk first, Carlsen seventh
Fischer Random lives up to its name. Well, at least the random part.
Dec 4, 2022
Women Candidates Pool B Kicks Off in Khiva, Uzbekistan
Nov 29, 2022
Settlement Reached in Stockfish v ChessBase
Nov 21, 2022
KontraJako narrowly wins TA Arena ahead of mutdpro, MatthewG-p4p
And why Sergei Zhigalko's epic near-comeback might have been the story of the tournament
Nov 8, 2022
Lichess Recruits Full-Time Mobile Developer
In some our recent updates, we shared Lichess' future plans. With an eye on our future, we have exciting news!
Nov 5, 2022
Taking Lichess to the Next Level
Our current setup and our future plans
Oct 28, 2022
Bortnyk victorious after NM ZugAddict somehow fails to win October TA
Dozens of followers distraught
Oct 16, 2022
Lichess Qualifiers Send Nakamura and Abdusattorov to World Fischer Random Championship
306,296 games. 20,171,017 moves. 73,000+ entries to the Lichess qualifiers. Two winners — GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Oct 7, 2022
Charity? Non-profit? No profit?
A treatise on "business models"
Sep 29, 2022
Midway Through The World Fischer Random Championship Qualifiers on Lichess
Sep 9, 2022
Titled Arena Announcement(s)
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
Aug 29, 2022
Daniel Naroditsky With a Back-to-Back Titled Arena win!
Naroditsky with pure domination comes in first, with Minh Le in second and kontraJako in third place behind him.
Aug 28, 2022
FIDE World Fischer Random Championship – Update
The halfway mark of the open qualification process for the FIDE World Fischer Random Championships - have you qualified yet?
Aug 26, 2022
Play in a Chess World Championship
Take part in a World Championship qualifier held on Lichess for free, and take your shot at eternal glory – and part of a $400,000 prize fund
Aug 18, 2022
Lichess Half-Year Update & New Feature Sneak Preview
August is the perfect time for a June update :)
Aug 2, 2022
A first time Grandmaster Titled Arena winner and Nakamura's forbidden platform
Jul 25, 2022
Stockfish vs ChessBase, Round 1
Jul 22, 2022
Candidates Day 14: Nakamura and Ding battle for... possibly nothing?
Jul 5, 2022
Candidates Day Thirteen: Nepomniachtchi triumphant
Jul 3, 2022
Candidates Day Twelve: Nepomniachtchi almost home
Jul 2, 2022
Candidates Day Eleven: Hyper-Bullet, the Breakfast of Champions
Jul 1, 2022
Lichess Celebrates Pride Month
Jun 30, 2022
Candidates Day Ten: Maybe Second Place Isn't So Bad.
Jun 29, 2022
Candidates Day Nine: The Turns Have Tabled
Jun 28, 2022
Candidates Day Eight: Nepomniachtchi Sneaks Further Ahead
Jun 26, 2022
Candidates Day Seven: Nepomniatchi and Caruana Rocket Past the Field.
Jun 25, 2022
Candidates Day Six: Nepomniachtchi and Caruana push ahead
Jun 24, 2022
Candidates Day Five: Fighting Tooth and Draw
Jun 22, 2022
Candidates Day Four: Nepomniachtchi Takes The Lead
Jun 21, 2022
Candidates Day Three: No Luck on The Draw
Jun 20, 2022
Candidates Day Two: For whom the Berlin tolls
Jun 18, 2022
Candidates Day 1: Half decisive, half drawn
A good day for previous candidate winners...
Jun 17, 2022
FIDE Candidates 2022 Kicks off in Madrid
Jun 16, 2022
Bortnyk on 960 Titled Arena streak
No opening theory, only pure instinct and chaos
Jun 6, 2022
IM Minh Le Obliterates a Titled Arena while Soccer Slowly Fades into Obscurity
May 30, 2022
Bortnyk wins Titled Arena (Formerly World Championship)
May 17, 2022
World Championship of Titled Arena Announcement
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
Apr 29, 2022
Announcing the Lichess World Championship
Apr 25, 2022
IM Minh Le wins hard fought Titled Arena
Apr 11, 2022
Nakamura takes down the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix
Runner-up Rapport also qualifies for the Candidates
Apr 8, 2022
Hackers Leak Lichess Source Code (not really)
All our inner workings exposed!
Apr 1, 2022
Photo Finish in Titled Arena Demonstrates that Chess is Fun
Mar 21, 2022
Ukrainian Voices
Mar 15, 2022
Lichess Statement on the War in Ukraine
“Truth is the first casualty of war” - Ethel Annakin
Mar 9, 2022
Sargsyan Wins Tight Titled Arena
Mar 6, 2022
IM Minh Le wins 7th Titled Arena and a Super GM event on Lichess today.
Feb 21, 2022
Bortnyk Takes 960 Titled Arena
Feb 8, 2022
Naroditsky strolls to TA win
Jan 24, 2022
Bortnyk Wins the Titled Arena and the Agadmator Arena is ready to resume
Jan 9, 2022
Titled Arena Announcement(s)
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
Jan 2, 2022
Lichess End of Year Update 2021
Happy new year!
Jan 1, 2022
Reconnecting