In just 3 hours, you'll have the chance to play against some of the titled players in our 3+0 Warm-up Arena before they enter the Blitz Titled Arena!

GM Magnus Carlsen took 1st place in Norway Chess 2024! Runner-up GM Hikaru Nakamura managed to climb back above 2800 in the live ratings and is now ranked 2nd in the world. GM Ju Wenjun won the women's section ahead of GM Anna Muzychuk, both undefeated in all 10 classical games of the tournament.

The final round of Norway Chess has started! Leader GM Magnus Carlsen plays GM Fabiano Caruana, while 2nd placed GM Hikaru Nakamura faces GM R Praggnanandhaa. In the women's section, reigning World Champion GM Ju Wenjun must not lose to her 2023 challenger GM Lei Tingjie to win the tournament.

After 1.5 years of active development by our mobile developer, @veloce, we are releasing the new Lichess mobile app in public beta. Read about it and download from our blog.

Thank you to the 41 contributors who helped write code for Lichess last month! We improved the accessibility for our lobby user interface and much more, see what we've been working on in the updated changelog.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Uzchess Cup 2024 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, featuring a prize pool of over $160,000! Join us for live coverage on our Twitch and YouTube channels, with commentary by IM Irene Sukandar including live cameras from the playing hall! Don't miss out on the action!

GM Roberto García Pantoja is the 2024 Americas Continental Champion! He finished a clear point ahead of a group of ten players, including 10-year-old FM Faustino Oro, who beat 2607-rated GM Georg Meier in the final round.