188. Lichess Rapid League200+ teams and 1800+ playersPlaying nowStreamer Arena April '26Whose call will you answer?1,372 players • Monthly Bullet Arena226 players • HyperBullet Increment Swiss28 players • Playing now
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All women players with a FIDE title are welcome to join the online qualifier for the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Asian Leg, featuring Vaishali R, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Antoaneta Stefanova! The first stage starts on - Find out more in the announcement post by WR Chess.
SC Viernheim won the German Bundesliga 2025/26, securing their second title with a perfect score of 30/30! The team's top scorers include GM Bassem Amin, GM Alexey Sarana, GM Dennis Wagner, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Georg Meier, and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, among others. Replay all the games in our broadcast.
The Greenland Chess Federation is currently holding its first ever official chess championship! Follow all the games of the Greenlandic Championship 2026 on Lichess. The final rounds start at .
Congratulations to GM Oleksandr Bortnyk for winning our Bullet Titled Arena April 2026, ahead of GM @Hooligan64, GM Thomas Beerdsen, GM Artem Uskov, and GM Pranav Venkatesh!
Our April 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, ! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at .
Congratulations to team Moon Club by @MoonWarrior1 for winning the 3rd ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026 Qualifier with top scorers @DuploChess, IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján, GM @FeegLood, GM @delta_horsey, and many others! Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,926 registered players!
Get ready for our next Streamer Arenas on and , with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4! If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, register now.
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More »| Streamer Arena April '26 | 2h | 1372 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 57m | 128 | |
| ≤1500 Rapid | 57m | 222 | |
| Hourly Crazyhouse | 57m | 80 | |
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 754 | |
| Hourly King of the Hill | 57m | 54 | |
| ≤1700 Blitz | 57m | 284 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | 57 | |
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 391 | |
| Hourly Horde | 57m | 46 | |
| Hourly Rapid | 1h 57m | 443 | |
| ≤2000 SuperBlitz | 57m | 343 | |
| Hourly UltraBullet | 27m | 55 | |
| ≤1300 Bullet | 27m | 17 | |
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 166 | |
| Monthly Bullet | 3h | 226 | |
| Daily SuperBlitz | 1h 30m |