Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana bounced back, while Lei Tingjie now shares first place with Tan Zhongyi: Read what happened in Round 10 of the Candidates in our recap blog.
Vidit Gujrathi's second win over Hikaru Nakamura in the Open Candidates and Tan Zhongyi is back in the sole lead of the Women's Candidates: Find out what happened in Round 9 in our recap blog.
Gukesh D defeated Vidit Gujrathi to tie for 1st place again, Hikaru Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana and clear leader Tan Zhongyi lost to Lei Tingjie: Read what happened in Round 8 of the Open and Women's Candidates in our recap blog with annotations from GM Brandon Jacobson and IM / WGM Padmini Rout.
Congratulations to GM Nihal Sarin for winning the Blitz Titled Arena April '24 with an outstanding lead of 39 points over runner-up GM Jose Martinez Alcantara, followed by IM Renato Alfredo Terry Lujan in third place!
Happy Birthday, Garry Kasparov! The World Champion from 1985 to 2000 and undoubtedly one of the best chess players in history turned 61 today.
In just 3 hours, you'll have another chance to play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!
Congrats @bayamin on winning the Lichess Game of the Month March 2024! Thank you for all your countless submissions!
Halfway through the 2024 Candidates and Women's Candidates, we have two clear leaders on the second rest day: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Tan Zhongyi respectively. Read our recap blog to find out what happened in Round 7.
Our March 2024 Standard and Variants databases are available for download: Over 6 million rated King of the Hill games have now been played on Lichess!
Two decisive results in the Open Candidates and all decisive games in the Women's Candidates: We have summarised the action in our Round 6 recap blog.
Gukesh D, who is now tied for 1st place with Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Hikaru Nakamura won their games in Round 5 of the 2024 Candidates, while all 4 games in the Women's Candidates were drawn. Read our recap of Round 5 with annotations from GM Brandon Jacobson and IM / WGM Padmini Rout.
On the first rest day, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Tan Zhongyi are the sole leaders of the 2024 Candidates and Women's Candidates respectively. Find out what happened in Round 4 in our recap blog.
Tune in to our live streams on YouTube and Twitch for coverage of Round 4 of the 2024 Candidates and Women's Candidates, the last round before tomorrow's first rest day, with instructive commentary from IM Irene Sukandar on her birthday and GM Matthew Sadler!
The third round of the 2024 Candidates was peaceful compared to yesterday's spectacle, find out what happened in our blog. As usual, we're providing annotations on some of the games from GM Brandon Jacobson and IM / WGM Padmini Rout.
The first brother-sister duo to ever qualify for the Candidates, Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali, both bounced back from their defeats yesterday and scored the only wins in Round 3 of the 2024 Candidates and Women's Candidates!
Read our recap of an exciting Round 2 in the Candidates, GM Brandon Jacobson and IM / WGM Padmini Rout annotated some of the most interesting games.
All 4 games in Round 2 of the 2024 Candidates Open were decisive! Nepomniachtchi beat Firouzja and Nakamura lost his first classical game since the 2022 Candidates against Vidit. In the Women's Candidates, Tan took another win to have 2/2 and Goryachkina defeated World Cup third-placed A. Muzychuk.
Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for our live stream coverage of Round 2 of the 2024 Candidates and Women's Candidates! Among others, Ian Nepomniachtchi will play against Alireza Firouzja and Aleksandra Goryachkina will face Anna Muzychuk.
Check out our recap of Round 1 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates including annotations for selected games by IM Lasse Løvik!