Lichess (/ˈliːtʃɛs/; LEE-ches)[3][4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games. Lichess is ad-free and all the features are available for free, as the site is funded by donations from patrons.[5][6][7] Features include chess puzzles, computer analysis, tournaments and chess variants.
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^"Become a Patron of lichess.org". Lichess. Retrieved 22 November 2017. We are a non‑profit association because we believe in a free, world-class chess experience for anyone, anywhere. We rely on support from [lichess users] to make it possible. If you've gotten something out of lichess, please take a second to pitch in!
Lichess (/ˈliːtʃɛs/; LEE-ches) is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can...
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Ukrainian and European youth tournaments, as well as many chess.com and lichess.org online events. Bortnyk has played relatively few classical games in...
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after individual games. Popular online chess sites such as chess.com, Lichess, and Internet Chess Club also implement rating systems. In almost all systems...
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in 2003 and Lichess in 2015. It was added to Chess.com in late 2020. In 2021, 4.9 million atomic chess games were played on Lichess. Lichess also hosts...
International tournaments were held in 1998 and 2001. The internet chess server Lichess facilitates play of the game, referring to it as "antichess"; after regular...
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rectified) and that ChessBase claims "originality where there is none". Lichess described the same product as "a rip-off". ChessBase responded to this...
as it had in previous months, and the number of games played monthly on Lichess doubled as well. There was also a demographic shift in players, with female...
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may play an opponent from anywhere in the world. Popular sites such as Lichess may have many thousands of active online games as well as tens of thousands...