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The best chess server is free for all, open source, and without ads!
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Play chess with a friend, with a random player or with the computer.
It is free. You don't have to register. There are no ads.
Lichess lets you focus on the game by removing all clutter.
Two-player games between humans
Single-player (versus the artificial intelligence, Crafty)
Time controls for chess clocks, including Fischer time settings
User-defined restriction of who can join games, based on player rating
Chess960, also known as Fischer Random, chess variant
Premoves
moretime()
Castling, en passant, and pawn promotion and under-promotion
Detection of check, checkmate, and stalemate
Threefold repetition draw recording (must be claimed by player)
Integrated chat
Visual move validation while choosing destination squares
Game replay and analysis
Spectator mode
Per-game export in portable game notation
Database export of information about all games played by a given person as comma-separated values (CSV)
Translated to fifty languages
Works in any Internet browser (except IE6/IE7), with no Flash and no plugins.
Latest reviews
- (2020-11-03) JYOTHI T: Is bad. So many cheaters everywhere. I was a 2400 and I faced like a 100 cheaters in a week. Even though it's free has a lot of week players. Overall Really bad.
- (2020-01-04) Tony H.: super
- (2019-05-12) Pam G.: Love it but, I wish it had email notices so you know when it your turn to play.
- (2017-06-24) Z: If u love bullet, lichess is number one site to play.
- (2016-11-26) zappa dave: cool chess
- (2016-09-21) Will Alexander (Will Alexander Sounds): Fabulous! The most engaging chess website I have found. I'm a beginner, and I've learned a lot on lichess.org Totally free, it's so good I had to donate. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do.
- (2016-08-04) thiraviam ramkumar: very good and simple softwear
- (2016-06-11) Bil Alexandre: Fantastic! Easy to use, I'm learning a lot about chess in a totally fun way. This is the best online chess application I have found. I particularly like the daily puzzles.
- (2016-01-24) Teruki Iwafune: im beginner i like!
- (2015-11-24) Like "Siskel & Ebert" used to do with excellent movies, I give this excellent online chess app...TWO THUMBS UP! I think this could be, for Chrome and Chrome OS...THE KILLER APP OF 2016!!! KUDOS AND BLESSINGS to you all at Lichess.org!!! <3 :-D
- (2015-10-31) Stefan Böttcher: best chess app. simple as that.
- (2015-10-11) Klossenn: like
- (2015-10-03) Sergey Golovashkin: I knew about this service long time ago, and I am happy to see it over chrome os. Chess gaming comes to better level over here, you can meet anything you need, doesn't matter if it's one time game or ladder. Guys, you're doing great job. 5/5
- (2015-08-27) Aram Grigoryan: nice website.. recommennd!!! no java, no flash...
- (2015-07-25) Chris Reijmer: ff-ing great :)
- (2015-04-22) Jem Y: Best quality Chess program I have ever seen so far. ALL FREE!! Tactics, videos, chess TV, Tournaments. This is Chess Heaven, Highly recommend it.
- (2015-04-22) Jamie Nickelson: Amazing program. Best I have seen so far
- (2015-03-23) Juan Calfucura: Simply the best free online chess app ever.
- (2015-02-23) Nick Fury: bill h philly your not letting me make the moves i need too win have the puzzle play right
- (2015-02-09) Janez Kokalj: Absoluty the best free chess site only i vish bigger board and import and export pgn games for analyzing
- (2015-01-03) pareshkumar n. suthar: This was the fastest download to start playing ONLINE WITH MY 7 YEAR OLD SON. Simple works.
- (2014-12-18) Valeri Sianov: AMAZING I LOVE CHESS!!!
- (2014-12-17) Jason Regan: Very clean, crisp intuitive GUI, packed full of excellent features and chess variations, highly recommended
- (2014-11-29) Best place to play chess on the internet. No adds, totally free. Thanks Lichess team.
- (2014-11-26) Yan Yan: The site layout is ad-less and clutter free compared to other online chess sites. Minimalistic and simplistic in its design. I completely loved it. :-)
- (2014-11-19) Ilian Iliev: Just awesome
- (2014-11-08) Saumil Patel: Very nice user friendly interface. Best chess on Chrome by far.
- (2014-11-03) Chili Ray: How do you save a game? There is no way, right?
- (2014-10-08) Mohammed Fellak (SystemDZ): Good Extention & Great website
- (2014-09-13) Keith Hardt: its the best *****
- (2014-08-30) Stefano Mazza: Best site to play free chess without any client installed! Great job from the developer!
- (2014-02-22) Michael Timothy: Very impressed. The best chess app in a long time. For me it's replaced FICS/ChessCube/ChessTempo. I love the built-in analysis features, the TV, the interface. A great example of open source software.
- (2014-02-07) Dsk matrially: excellent interface.. the sounds
- (2014-01-12) r do: thank you !
- (2013-12-07) David F Fernandez Diaz: Simply great.
- (2013-11-21) Torulv Gjedrem: Little confusing. You have to follow people to add them to your friends list. And you have to challenge them to play them. You can't host a game and send invites. Or host a game with password...
- (2013-10-19) Derek Gildea: Clean.
- (2013-09-25) Zeev Zimmerman: Wonderful chess app in Chrome. Have not seen anything like this anywhere close in all other apps realms...
- (2013-09-04) Robert Behofsits: very nice and clean free chess site. always enough palyers online as well as plenty options and preferences
- (2013-08-05) Steve Chianglin: Excellent. Highly recommended. Even saves the games you play so you can go over the games.
- (2013-07-18) Da Sheek: Best one i found on Chrome yet.
- (2013-07-05) Mihail Korolko: they all have beaten me up!
- (2013-06-14) Andrew Wiles: hate it, it froze
- (2013-06-04) Safe Orca: love it. wonder why it's free
- (2013-05-26) ST P HEWINS: I'm a expert level club player that has played for 30 yrs. this program is one of the most elegant free chess software i've played. compared to shredder and other programs,this chess application is very positional, and tactical when necessary.I would like to see it compete with world class chess software!
- (2013-05-14) Arihant Jain: good mind
- (2013-05-10) Haisam Islam: good application, but often freezes after a move, requiring me to reload the page and move again.
- (2013-01-22) E B: This site is perfect for the novice and the pro. It provides powerful AI play and computer analysis, has a slick minimalist interface, great social features including teams and chat, the ability to download your game pgn's, and a community of registered users who care about the game. It's free to join, no email is required, and there are no ads. It's the best chess site on Chrome for sure, and in my opinion, one of the best on the internet.
- (2012-12-10) Juha-Matti Saari: Really free. No joke. Excellent network play also.
- (2012-11-15) Cyril Caron: Simply the best Chess app you can find.