IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva has won the European Women's Chess Championship 2024! A draw in the final round against GM Nino Batsiashvili was enough to secure the title undefeated with 8.5/10. IMs Nataliya Buksa and Lela Javakhishvili finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with 7.5 points on tiebreak criteria.

Vote for the People's Choice Excellence on Boards Award by the ECU Women's Commision for the next 7 hours! Take a look at the 27 selected games in this study and submit your two favourites in the Google Form. Watch the final round of the European Women's Chess Championship 2024 play out on Lichess.

Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning the Titled Arena April '24! Runner-up GM Daniel Naroditsky was just 4 points behind and third place went to GM Andrew Tang, who finished the tournament with 7 berserked wins in a row!

In 2 hours, you will have the chance again to face some of the titled players in our 1+0 Bullet Warm-up Arena before they enter the Titled Arena!

Want to learn and practise chessboard coordinates intuitively? We have the perfect solution: Voice recognition in our Coordinates Trainer! Select "Name square" and click the voice recognition button at the bottom to get started.

Hear all about Lichess from our Director of Operations, Theo Wait, in ChessBase India's recent interview!

Gukesh has won the 2024 Candidates in a dramatic finale, and is officially the new World Championship Challenger! More updates to come in our blog.