We have a curated set of positions to practice checkmates, common tactical patterns, and endgames! All for free, of course.
Check out Lichess Practice ➡️ https://lichess.org/practice
chess
Congratulations to the new FIDE World Junior Girls Chess Champion WIM Anna Shukhman! 🏆
She secured the title with 5 straight wins in the last rounds! 😮
The games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-junior-chess-championship-2025--girls/bjU4HJBP
Happy International Women's Day! 🥳
Let's celebrate together in our thematic Women's Day Arena today at 14:00 UTC, with all games starting from a position of Judit Polgár's famous win against Vishy Anand in 1999.
Ju Wenjun bounces back with a win over Tan Zhongyi in Game 3 of the FIDE Women's World #Chess Championship 2025!
GM Zhu Jiner is the overall winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 and, together with runner-up GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, secured a spot in the next Women's Candidates Tournament! 🎉
While GM Anna Muzychuk won the final event in Großlobming, Austria, she couldn't overtake Goryachkina in the overall standings to qualify for the Candidates.
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-grand-prix-202425--austria/0eZnPsBD
📷 Abhilash / FIDE & Niki Riga / FIDE
Ju Wenjun won her fourth game in a row with her victory over Tan Zhongyi in Game 8 of the Women's World Championship! Now she only needs to draw one of the remaining four games to become a five-time World Champion.
Read our recap blog and replay the game with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
🇦🇹♟OTB #Chess in the Austrian capital Vienna - learn more about the TU Vienna Chess Festival 2025 (Blitz, Rapid & Bughouse) https://lichess.org/@/jeffforever/blog/tu-vienna-chess-festival-2025-blitz-rapid--bughouse/XFmZxOAr
Congratulations to GM José Martínez Alcántara for winning our Blitz Titled Arena July 2025! 🏆
IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher took 2nd place, ahead of IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján in 3rd place.
➡️ https://lichess.org/tournament/jul25bta
By request, some #Chess accounts to follow:
➡️ @lichess - Free open source chess server
➡️ @schachjugend - German Youth Chess Federation (in German)
➡️ @Chess_Olympus - Notable chess people & moments
➡️ @deepgreen - Indie Apple Newton chess app now for iPhone/iPad
➡️ @gmmds - Chess Grandmaster, author, chess commentary
➡️ @votechess - Collaborative chess games on the Fediverse, vote on next move
➡️ @ChessPuzzleBot - Interactive bot posting chess puzzles, DM "help" for lots more options
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Today, 20 July, is World Chess Day
Episode 2 of the Alasdair Gray Archive’s UNLIKELY OBJECTS MOSTLY looks at Alasdair’s chessboard & the part chess played in his practice, uncovering the game’s pivotal role in the making of his Hillhead Subway mural & the novel POOR THINGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbB7OeYkeo
#Scottish #literature #AlasdairGray #PoorThings #mural #murals #publicart #Glasgow #Chess #WorldChessDay
The German Chess Federation has rejected any ban, stressing that “chess is diverse and inclusive.” Federation president Ingrid Lauterbach condemned the discriminatory backlash against Nora Heidemann, 17, saying, “We’re an inclusive sport and want to be so.”