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!

The 594. Lichess Bundesliga starts in 30 minutes! https://lichess.org/tournament/hMLKbzlq All team pairings: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/594-lichess-bundesliga--november-9th--team-pairings
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Thank you to all 12,205 players who joined our Memorial Arena for GM Daniel Naroditsky. Today would have been Danya's 30th birthday. We will remember him for his passion and inspiration, as one of the brightest advocates for chess.

World No. 5, GM Arjun Erigaisi, reflects on his crushing victory over GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov in their first game of Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCrAGtcdtE

GM José Martínez Alcántara upset the Uzbek No. 1, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVEZpIZ1ic

GM Matthias Blübaum defeated 15-year-old prodigy GM Ivan Zemlyanskii and will face compatriot GM Alexander Donchenko in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Matthias Blübaum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barCAN6xPyk

Broadcast player search is now available on our new mobile app! Find your favourite player's game with the search bar on top of the boards page.

Watch our video to see how it works: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6116W0s

Download our new mobile app: https://lichess.org/mobile

GM Peter Leko won both Round 3 World Cup games against GM Kirill Alekseenko! He will play against GM Arjun Erigaisi in Round 4 tomorrow.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Peter Leko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1dT2mL2o

GM Frederik Svane had to face the reigning World Champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 - and he won! 😮

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Frederik Svane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-97Xuv5Y

GM Frederik Svane eliminated World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup 2025, as GM Anish Giri and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov are also out of the tournament.

Read our recap, check out our interviews on YouTube, and watch all the games of Round 4 in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC.

📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Researchers at Google DeepMind used our free puzzle database and reinforcement learning to train a model to generate creative chess puzzles.

➡️ Read more on this in the blog by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team and try to solve the puzzles yourself in the Lichess study!

GM Levon Aronian successfully managed to surprise GM Radosław Wojtaszek in the opening of their first game in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup! After winning Game 1, Aronian now only needs a draw in Game 2 to advance to the next round.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Levon Aronian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqGLr49MJ0

GM José Martínez Alcántara defeated GM Alexey Sarana in the first game of Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! He is now on a 3-game winning streak and will play with the white pieces in the next game.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7wuTjF7po

Praggnanandhaa was walking on the edge in the first game against Dubov! What move could Dubov play to gain the upper hand? 🧐

👉 See the solution and replay the game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-4/game-1/JKQGyfeO/gkQGZNfK#77

Photos: Michał Walusza / FIDE

GM Alexander Donchenko defeats compatriot GM Matthias Blübaum in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! After GM Anish Giri in the previous round, Blübaum is now the second Candidates participant he has eliminated in the World Cup. 😮

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Alexander Donchenko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jplEdbUyOg

GM Lê Quang Liêm advances to the Round of 16 in the World Cup, drawing Game 1 against GM Karthik Venkataraman and winning Game 2 with the black pieces.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lê Quang Liêm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8xv_d6BY

The 595. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players starts in 25 minutes, join the action! https://lichess.org/tournament/MvrmzUkl
All team pairings: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/595-lichess-bundesliga--november-13th--team-pairings

The 10th and final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena - again featuring a $1,000 prize fund - will be held on 20th November at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams.

Read our full announcement and register your team now.

GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Peter Leko 2-0 in the tiebreaks and advances to Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_pO01-Ss8

GM Daniil Dubov defeated GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025, while GM Vincent Keymer, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Matthias Blübaum were eliminated as well.

Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow all the games of Round 5 in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC.

📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE