GM Alexander Donchenko won a tense match against GM Lê Quang Liêm in Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 to advance to the Quarterfinals!

Among others, top seeds GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Wei Yi will face each other in the next round.

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

Photo: Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE

Check out our new puzzle theme: the Balestra Mate. Read about how we identify these patterns from our puzzles database in the blog post by @dirkster99 and get involved.

Start in 45 minutes: 165. Lichess Rapid League https://lichess.org/tournament/zdJ68fRy
Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-rapid-league-info/lichess-rapid-league-165th-edition-november-17th-monday-all-team-pairings#1
Join the info team https://lichess.org/team/rapid-league-info

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GM Nodirbek Yakubboev crossed 2700 in the live ratings and is the first player to advance to the Semifinals of the FIDE World Cup!

He defeated GM Alexander Donchenko in Game 1 of the Quarterfinals and won the match by drawing Game 2 today.

➡️ Watch our interview with GM Nodirbek Yakubboev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yceeBuovG7s

GM Wei Yi, GM Javokhir Sindarov, GM Andrey Esipenko, and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev are through to the Semifinals of the FIDE World Cup 2025!

➡️ Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow all the games in our broadcast.

The tournament will continue on 21 November at 09:45 UTC, after tomorrow's rest day.

Photo: Michał Walusza / FIDE

We have launched two new team leagues! 🔥

The Lichess Rapid League is held every Monday at 17:00 UTC and the Lichess Bullet League is held every Wednesday at 18:00 UTC.

👉 Read more in our announcement.

The Hindu newspaper interviewed our Director of Operations, Theo Wait:

"We want to keep Lichess completely free, and say no to ads as well. There have been offers to buy out Lichess, but we are not for sale."

Check out the free version of the article: https://www.thehindu.com/sport/lichess-serving-chess-community-free-of-cost/article70303167.ece

GM Wei Yi advances to the finals of the FIDE World Cup 2025!

He defeated GM Andrey Esipenko, who shockingly blundered a rook in the decisive tiebreak game, and will now face GM Javokhir Sindarov in the final match.

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

Start in 40 minutes: The 598. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players - Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/598-lichess-bundesliga--november-23rd--team-pairings--standings#1

GM Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov advanced to the Finals of the FIDE World Cup 2025 and qualified for the Candidates!

GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Nodirbek Yakubboev will play for another Candidates spot in their 3rd place match.

➡️ Read our recap, watch our interviews on YouTube, and follow the Finals in our broadcast at 09:45 UTC!

Photo: Michał Walusza / FIDE

Congratulations to team CHESS CLASSROOM for winning the 10th and final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier with top scorers GM Haik Martirosyan, IM Jakub Pulpan, GM Mitrabha Guha, and many others!

Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,388 registered players!

We have updated our API documentation!

It is now much faster, has new helpful features, with sample code in almost 40 programming languages, and makes testing and debugging much easier.

➡️ Check it out: https://lichess.org/api

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GM Andrey Esipenko defeated GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in the 3rd place match of the FIDE World Cup 2025, joining finalists GM Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov at the Candidates!

The final will be decided in the tiebreaks, starting at 09:35 UTC.

➡️ Follow the games in our broadcast and watch our interview with GM Andrey Esipenko.

GM Javokhir Sindarov won the FIDE World Cup 2025, defeating GM Wei Yi in the rapid tiebreaks!

➡️ Read our final recap and check out the annotations by IM Nitish Belurkar for 20 of the most important World Cup games.

Photo: Michał Walusza / FIDE

Watch our interview with GM Javokhir Sindarov - the youngest Chess World Cup winner of all time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf7oA1Q42Pw

Congrats @Panikin_Skywalker on winning the Lichess Game of the Month October 2025! 🎉

Thank you for all your countless submissions! 🙌

Start in 30 minutes: https://lichess.org/tournament/1LUA2Nf7 The 599. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players begins! Links of all leagues: https://lichess.org/forum/team-lichess-discord-bundesliga-team/599-lichess-bundesliga--november-27th--team-pairings--standings

How much does it cost to run Lichess? Watch the detailed breakdown of our expenses on ChessBase India, given by our Director of Operations Theo Wait to Sagar Shah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEbW1Lv1vus

Our new Triangle Mate puzzle theme is now available! 🧩

Read more about the theme and related patterns in the blog post by @dirkster99.

Solve the puzzle on Lichess: https://lichess.org/training/9UbKG