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GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Peter Leko 2-0 in the tiebreaks and advances to Round 5 of the FIDE World Cup!
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➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_p...
Arjun Erigaisi: Leko and Keymer have similar styles! | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 4 Tiebreaks
Arjun Erigaisi defeated Peter Leko 2-0 in tiebreaks to advance to Round 5! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_p...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_p...
The 10th & final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena, 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.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The 10th & final ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier Arena, 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.
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Read our full announcement and register your team now: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
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The 595. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players starts in 25 minutes, join the action! lichess.org/tournament/M...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The 595. Lichess Bundesliga with 500+ teams and 4000+ players starts in 25 minutes, join the action! lichess.org/tournament/M...
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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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lê Quang Liêm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8...
Le Quang Liem: Draw With White, Win with Black! | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 4 Game 2
Liem Le defeated Karthik Venkataraman in game 2 to advance to Round 5! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lê Quang Liêm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouI8...
Alexander Donchenko defeats compatriot Matthias Blübaum in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! After Anish Giri in the previous round, Blübaum is now the second Candidates participant he has eliminated in the World Cup.
➡️ Watch our interview with Alexander Donchenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpl...
➡️ Watch our interview with Alexander Donchenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpl...
Alexander Donchenko Eliminates Second Candidate! | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 4 Game 2
Alexander Donchenko defeated Matthias Bluebaum, the second candidate he has eliminated after Anish Giri! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Alexander Donchenko defeats compatriot Matthias Blübaum in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025! After Anish Giri in the previous round, Blübaum is now the second Candidates participant he has eliminated in the World Cup.
➡️ Watch our interview with Alexander Donchenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpl...
➡️ Watch our interview with Alexander Donchenko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpl...
Praggnanandhaa was walking on the edge in the first game against Dubov! What move could Dubov play to gain the upper hand? 🧐
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Photos: Michał Walusza / FIDE
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Praggnanandhaa was walking on the edge in the first game against Dubov! What move could Dubov play to gain the upper hand? 🧐
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Photos: Michał Walusza / FIDE
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Photos: Michał Walusza / FIDE
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7w...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7w...
Jose Martinez: "I'm surprising a lot of people!" | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 4 Game 1
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November 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7w...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7w...
GM Levon Aronian 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqG...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Levon Aronian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqG...
Levon Aronian Wins With Opening Surprise | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 4 Game 1
Levon Aronian defeated Radoslow Wojtaszek in the first game of Round 4! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
GM Levon Aronian 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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqG...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Levon Aronian: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqG...
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 by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team: lichess.org/@/tomas135/b...
➡️ Read more on this by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team: lichess.org/@/tomas135/b...
AI-Generated Chess Puzzles
A new research by the Discovery team at @GoogleDeepMind using RL and generative models to discover creative chess puzzles
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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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 by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team: lichess.org/@/tomas135/b...
➡️ Read more on this by Tom Zahavy from the DeepMind discovery team: lichess.org/@/tomas135/b...
Who will win the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the simulations again before Round 4:
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Who will win the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the simulations again before Round 4:
Which country has the highest chance of winning the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the predictions again after Round 3, here are the results!
📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Which country has the highest chance of winning the #FIDEWorldCup? We ran the predictions again after Round 3, here are the results!
📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
📷 Michal Walusza, Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Frederik Svane: www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-...
Frederik Svane Eliminates World Champion Gukesh! | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 2
Frederik Svane just defeated World Champion Gukesh D as black in game 2! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Frederik Svane: www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY-...
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!
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👉 Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
FIDE World Cup R3: Vachier-Lagrave Wins Thriller, Gukesh Eliminated
GM Frederik Svane eliminated GM Gukesh D as GM Anish Giri and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov are also out of the tournament after losing to GM Alexander Donchenko and GM José Martínez Alcántara,…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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!
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👉 Read our recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
GM Lorenzo Lodici first upset GM Hans Niemann in Round 2 and then defeated the legendary GM Michael Adams in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup!
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lorenzo Lodici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AX...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lorenzo Lodici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AX...
Lorenzo Lodici Couldn't Believe He Won Again | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 2
Lorenzo Lodici won a crazy game 2 against Michael Adams to advance to round 4! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
GM Lorenzo Lodici first upset GM Hans Niemann in Round 2 and then defeated the legendary GM Michael Adams in Round 3 of the FIDE World Cup!
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lorenzo Lodici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AX...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Lorenzo Lodici: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5AX...
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Peter Leko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1...
Peter Leko: "This is what Vishy has created!" | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 2
Peter Leko won both games against Kirill Alekseenko in round 3! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Peter Leko: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf1...
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: www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6...
Watch our video to see how it works: www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6...
Broadcast Player Searching Now on the Lichess App!
Broadcast player searching is now on the Lichess mobile app! Look for your favourite chess player's game using the search bar on top of the boards page.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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: www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6...
Watch our video to see how it works: www.youtube.com/shorts/UIPN6...
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=barC...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Matthias Blübaum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=barC...
Matthias Bluebaum Doesn't Like Queen Endgames | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 1
Matthias Bluebaum defeated 15-year-old prodigy Ivan Zemlyanskii in the first game of round 3! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=barC...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Matthias Blübaum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=barC...
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVE...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVE...
Jose Martinez Working Hard on Classical Chess | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 1
Jose Martinez upset Uzbek #1 Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the first game of round 3! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVE...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM José Martínez Alcántara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVE...
White to move! 🧩 How did Daniil Dubov defeat Georg Meier in the third tiebreak game to advance to Round 4?
📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
White to move! 🧩 How did Daniil Dubov defeat Georg Meier in the third tiebreak game to advance to Round 4?
📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCr...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCr...
Arjun Erigaisi on His Crushing Victory | FIDE World Cup 2025 | Round 3 Game 1
India #1 Arjun Erigaisi won the first game of round 3 against Shamsiddin Vokhidov! #FIDEWorldCup
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCr...
➡️ Watch our interview with GM Arjun Erigaisi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCr...
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.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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.
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek won his second game in round 3 against Vladimir Fedoseev's unusual preparation for a must-win game! #FIDEWorldCup
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📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
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📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Radoslaw Wojtaszek won his second game in round 3 against Vladimir Fedoseev's unusual preparation for a must-win game! #FIDEWorldCup
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📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
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📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE
Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena November 2025! 🏆
He finished ahead IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk.
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He finished ahead IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Congratulations to GM Sergei Zhigalko for winning our Blitz Titled Arena November 2025! 🏆
He finished ahead IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk.
➡️ All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/n...
He finished ahead IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher, IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Brandon Jacobson, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk.
➡️ All games & full standings: lichess.org/tournament/n...
White to move and win! 🧩 There's only one winning move.. 🤔
What move did GM Jorden van Foreest play to force a tiebreak in his FIDE World Cup Round 3 match against GM Alexey Sarana?
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📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
What move did GM Jorden van Foreest play to force a tiebreak in his FIDE World Cup Round 3 match against GM Alexey Sarana?
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📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White to move and win! 🧩 There's only one winning move.. 🤔
What move did GM Jorden van Foreest play to force a tiebreak in his FIDE World Cup Round 3 match against GM Alexey Sarana?
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📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
What move did GM Jorden van Foreest play to force a tiebreak in his FIDE World Cup Round 3 match against GM Alexey Sarana?
See the solution on Lichess: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
📷 Eteri Kublashvili / FIDE
Our November 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts in less than two hours at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/n...
Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/n...
Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/n...
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our November 3+0 Warm-up Arena starts in less than two hours at 19:00 UTC: lichess.org/tournament/n...
Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/n...
Play against some of the titled players before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena: lichess.org/tournament/n...