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Team Uzbekistan won the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, and Team China won the 46th FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad! Congratulations to the teams and players! Check out our final recap for the 2026 Olympiad in Samarkand and watch our player interviews on YouTube.

The final round of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad is underway! Follow all the games in our broadcasts and check out our interviews with Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Park Sunwoo, Roman Dehtiarov and more players on YouTube.

Our September 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts today, 2026-09-26 at 17:00 UTC! Play against some of the titled players before they enter our Bullet Titled Arena at 19:00 UTC.

GM Daniel King is now live for Round 1 of Lichess4545 Season 50! Tune in on Twitch for Daniel King's live commentary.

The next edition of Ladder Legends by Lichess will be played between GM Ivan Cheparinov and GM Iván Salgado López! Mark your calendars for 2026-09-30 at 16:00 UTC and tune in to our livestream on YouTube and Twitch with our host IM Emil Stefanov.

Just two more rounds to go in the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad! Uzbekistan is still leading the Open, while China is now in sole 1st place of the Women's tournament. Check out our Rounds 7–9 Recap and watch our interviews on YouTube. Round 10 starts tomorrow, 2026-09-26 at 10:00 UTC.

Follow all the games of Round 9 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad now in our broadcasts and watch our player interviews with Vincent Keymer, Hans Niemann, Stavroula Tsolakidou, and more players on YouTube.