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

GM Sam Shankland was "dumbstruck at how easy it was" after beating GM Richard Rapport 2-0 in the rapid tiebreaks of Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup, adding that "Richard is normally much stronger than that".

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Sam Shankland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1dyy4iEunU

GM Andrey Esipenko eliminated GM Vincent Keymer, current No. 4 in the world, and faces GM Aleksey Grebnev in the next round of the FIDE World Cup!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Andrey Esipenko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXN6QCOx0kc

GM Samuel Sevian likes to solve Lichess puzzles in preparation for the faster tiebreak games!

He managed to defeat the Italian GM Lorenzo Lodici - who previously eliminated GM Hans Niemann and GM Michael Adams - in their final tiebreak Sudden Death game of Round 4!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Samuel Sevian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNSkF7F208

Congratulations to K2N_chess for winning our Streamer Arena November 2025! 🎉

Congrats also to IM YOSEPH AND FRIENDS for taking 2nd place, to Chess City Team for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place.

Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,316 registered players!

GM Arjun Erigaisi eliminates GM Levon Aronian in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup and advances to the Quarter-Finals!

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

GM Wei Yi wins the second game and the match against GM Samuel Sevian in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup!

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Wei Yi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSpG4qzRyeg

GM Javokhir Sindarov beats GM Frederik Svane to advance to the Quarter-Finals of the FIDE World Cup!

He joined us to discuss the match and to talk about playing bullet and Puzzle Storm on Lichess.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Javokhir Sindarov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGk9nYJA1PA