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Team Poland won the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities ! Congratulations to the gold medallists IM Marcin Molenda , IM Paweł Piekielny , IM Aleksander Czerwoński , Julia Salamon , and Andrzej Migala ! Silver went to Team Cuba , while Team Uzbekistan 1 took bronze. The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-09-20 at 20:00 UTC ! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now. Watch our Olympiad interviews with Faustino Oro , Awonder Liang , and more players on YouTube! Round 2 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad starts at 10:00 UTC . Follow all the games of the Open and Women's tournaments in our broadcasts. The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad starts tomorrow, 2026-09-16 at 10:00 UTC in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Nearly 2,000 players from almost 400 teams will compete in the Open and Women's tournaments until 2026-09-27 . Read our Preview Blog , follow all the games in our broadcasts , and stay tuned for our on-site player interviews on YouTube . More new features and improvements were added to Lichess! See what our developers and community contributors have been working on in the updated changelog . We are trying out a new format for our changelog. Let us know in our forum if you have any feedback. Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena September 2026 , ahead of GM @caching , IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher , GM Pranav Venkatesh , and CM Georgijs Germanovs ! Registrations for Season 50 of Lichess4545 are still open! This special season will feature live commentary from the legendary GM Daniel King and GM Peter Svidler, among others . Celebrate the start of the new season together with us in the faster 15+15 Season 50 Kick-off Arena on 2026-09-13 at 11:00 UTC . Open tournaments