The stage is set for the 2026 Tata Steel Chess tournament, which begins tomorrow, on the 17th, and includes the world’s best players in a mixed field where exciting chess is more than encouraged.

Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!

Is it just us, or has this year flown by? As we say goodbye to 2025 and enter 2026, let’s look back at the highlights of Lichess in 2025.

When two queens are not enough

GM Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 World Blitz Champion, with GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov finishing in second, and GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Arjun Erigaisi finishing in third and fourth;GM Bibisara Assaubayeva is the 2025 Women’s World Blitz Champion, with GM Anna Muzychuk finishing in second, and GM Zhu Jiner and IM Eline Roebers in shared third and fourth.