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Open-source online chess platform
Lichess (/ˈliː.tʃɛs/, LEE-ches) is an internet chess server that is free and open-source, run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of
Lichess
American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
been the No. 1 rated player at times in both formats on Chess.com and Lichess. He regularly finished in the top 3 in both the Chess.com Bullet and Hyperbullet
Daniel_Naroditsky
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)
"Super Rapid & Blitz Croatia". Lichess.org. Retrieved 5 July 2026. "Norway Chess 2026". lichess.org. "Chennai GM 2026". lichess.org. "GM Gukesh Dommaraju:
Gukesh_Dommaraju
combat this, the most prominent online chess platforms, Chess.com and Lichess, devote significant resources to detecting and handling cheaters, and cheaters
Cheating_in_online_chess
Chess played over the Internet
number of chess websites have been developed. These include Chess.com, Lichess, and chess24, (acquired by Chess.com and later shut down). Online chess
Online_chess
Variant where three checks wins the game
but it is also popular on internet chess servers such as Chess.com and Lichess. It is unknown specifically where three-check chess originated, but David
Three-check_chess
Traditional board game for two players
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
Chess
Chess variant
specification for Crazyhouse. Lichess uses an extended version of FEN, adding a 9th rank as a reserve. Here is an example of Lichess's FEN implementation:
Crazyhouse
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2005)
Divya Deshmukh". Lichess.org. "Women's Candidates 2026, Divya Deshmukh". Lichess.org. "Norway Chess Women 2026, Divya Deshmukh". Lichess.org. "FIDE Women's
Divya_Deshmukh
American chess grandmaster (born 1999)
member profile at Lichess Andrew Tang (C9C9C9C9C9) member profile at Lichess Andrew Tang (CleverTacticButFail) member profile at Lichess Andrew Tang Archived
Andrew_Tang
American chess grandmaster (born 2010)
(+9-2=2). On December 23, 2025, Woodward set a record for the highest ever Lichess bullet rating with a Bullet ELO of 3601. On February 14, 2026, Woodward
Andy_Woodward_(chess_player)
2022 world championship of a variation of chess
the online qualifiers on Chess.com and Lichess, two from each site. The qualifiers started on August 19 on Lichess and on August 22 on chess.com. The qualifiers
FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022
FIDE_World_Fischer_Random_Chess_Championship_2022
Croatian YouTuber and chess player (born 1987)
tournaments, he is active on various online chess platforms, including Lichess and Chess.com. On his channel, Radić reviews recent tournament games from
Agadmator
System used in chess to estimate the strength of a player
after individual games. Popular online chess sites such as Chess.com, Lichess, and Internet Chess Club also implement rating systems. In almost all systems
Chess_rating_system
Online chess move input type
the Internet Chess Club, the Free Internet Chess Server, Chess.com, and Lichess. To premove, a player makes a move input in the same way as they would
Premove
Chess variant: goal is to lose pieces
ISSN 0958-8248. "Antichess.org". www.antichess.org. "lichess.org open database". database.lichess.org. "Lichess Antichess World Championship". perpetualcheck
Losing_chess
Chess variant where pieces "explode" upon capture, removing surrounding pieces
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
Atomic_chess
American chess grandmaster (born 1988)
the Chess World Cup 2023.[citation needed] In 2023, Lichess published an article stating "Lichess has obtained documents that show [Gareyev] has faced
Timur_Gareyev
Internet chess server
the three most popular internet chess servers, alongside Chess.com and Lichess. Similarly to other chess servers, Chess24 offered the ability to play
Chess24
Game related to chess
from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-18. "Lichess variants • lichess.org". lichess.org. Retrieved 2018-09-18. FICS. "FICS Help: category"
Chess_variant
Chess piece attacking two or more pieces simultaneously
Nxe4 d5 regaining either the bishop or the knight. "The Fork • lichess.org". lichess.org. Retrieved 2021-04-09. "Chess Game Strategies - Next Chess Move"
Fork_(chess)
Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Finals in December 2024. In April 2026, Take Take Take, in partnership with Lichess launched their own Chess Platform. As of 2016, Carlsen identifies as a
Magnus_Carlsen
Free and open-source chess engine
WebAssembly or JavaScript, allowing it to run in the browser. Both Chess.com and Lichess provide Stockfish in this form in addition to a server-side program. Release
Stockfish_(chess)
Ukrainian chess grandmaster (born 1996)
Ukrainian and European youth tournaments, as well as many chess.com and lichess.org online events. He had impressive results in Ukrainian/European Youth
Olexandr_Bortnyk
Communication protocol for chess software
original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-14. Torres, JC (2014-06-23). "Lichess embraces blind players with new chess site features". SlashGear. Retrieved
Universal_Chess_Interface
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2003)
Chess 2026". Chess.com. Retrieved 7 May 2026. "Erigaisi at UZChess 2026". lichess.org. Retrieved 24 June 2026. "Rapid Rankings". Chessresults.com. Retrieved
Arjun_Erigaisi
Young child with an aptitude for the game of chess
an online rapid 10+5 game in the ECF Grand Prix Rapid Event 1 held on lichess.org. In 2023, 8-year-old Roman Shogdzhiev, from Russia, defeated GM Jakhongir
Chess_prodigy
American chess venue in Missouri
resumed its support and coverage of the club's tournaments, while Lichess did not. Lichess resumed their support on June 18th, 2025 after the club updated
Saint_Louis_Chess_Club
System for rating game players
including the Internet Chess Club (ICC), Free Internet Chess Server (FICS), Lichess, Chess.com, and Yahoo! Games. Each organization has a unique implementation
Elo_rating_system
Special pawn move in chess
Fables, McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-2310-2 Look up en passant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. En passant (Chess) by Edward Winter En passant Lichess lesson
En_passant
Chess opening
(2018). "Dirty Chess Tricks in Tennison Gambit: The Opening". Studies. Lichess. Benjamin, Joel; Schiller, Eric (1987). "Tennison Gambit". Unorthodox Openings
Tennison_Gambit
Notation indicating the writer's assessment of a chess move
warrant a "?". On certain Internet chess servers, such as Chess.com and Lichess, this kind of move is marked as an "inaccuracy", denoting a weak move,
Chess_annotation_symbols
Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1994)
FIDE Anish Giri player profile at Chess.com Anish Giri member profile at Lichess Anish Giri player profile and games at Chessgames.com Anish Giri member
Anish_Giri
French chess grandmaster (born 1993)
win in the tournament. In June 2020, he tied for 5th place at the online Lichess Quarantine Charity Tournament. In February 2023, he represented the Chalonnais
Paul_Velten
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2005)
Praggnanandhaa R player profile at Chess.com R Praggnanandhaa member profile at Lichess Praggnanandhaa R chess games at 365Chess.com Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
R_Praggnanandhaa
Board game exhibition where one player plays multiple games simultaneously
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
Simultaneous_exhibition
Chess with a randomized starting position
"Chess960 Jungle – opening theory". "Chess960 Jungle – SP analysis". "Lichess – My Ultimate Guide to Chess960 – NM visualdennis". "Chessable – The Ascent
Chess960
Fastest checkmate in the game of chess
Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Fool's Mate Barnes Opening: Fool's Mate on Chess.com Barnes Opening: Fool's Mate on lichess.org
Fool's_mate
English chess player (born 2015)
original on 23 January 2025. Bodhana Sivanandan rating card at FIDE Bodhana Sivanadan profile at Lichess.org Bodhana Sivanandan profile at Chess.com
Bodhana_Sivanandan
Open-source build tool for Scala and Java projects
by the Scala 2 and Scala 3 compilers themselves, Play Framework, and Lichess, a popular chess server. The sbt project is "bootstrapped" — it uses sbt
Sbt_(software)
Chess opening
the final round of the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament played on Lichess with a 5+3 time control and won. On 15 March 2021, Magnus Carlsen, playing
Bongcloud_Attack
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1998)
Artemiev won the online Katara International bullet chess tournament on Lichess by beating Andrew Tang in the finals who had knocked out Magnus Carlsen
Vladislav_Artemiev
American chess grandmaster (born 2003)
chess.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025. "Hans Niemann vs Daniil Dubov". lichess.org. "Niemann vs Dubov Raketa Match 2025". theweekinchess.com. May 28,
Hans_Niemann
Database of precalculated chess analysis
positions with at least one pair of opposing pawns (referred to as op1) for Lichess, which its analysis tool now utilizes. The tablebase contains about 1.3%
Endgame_tablebase
Mechanism used in board games
with a sum at or less than 10 minutes is blitz. Standards may differ; Lichess and Chess.com both consider 10 minute games to be rapid rather than blitz
Time_control
Computer format for recording chess games
Chess for All Ages [Mark Weeks blog]. For example, the PGN generated by lichess for the online match between grandmasters Pavel Smirnov and Andrew Tang
Portable_Game_Notation
December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. Calendar by FIDE Chess Calendar by Lichess Chess Calendar by Chess.com 2023 Chess Calendar by chess24.com
2023_in_chess
Online Arena Free Internet Chess Server Internet Chess Club Kasparov Chess Lichess chess24 Chess Live World Chess Network Mann, Tim. "Internet Chess Servers"
List of Internet chess platforms
List_of_Internet_chess_platforms
Turkish chess player (born 1981)
Karatekin vs Anatoly Karpov (1997)". Lichess. Retrieved 2 February 2026. "Tamer Karatekin vs Garry Kasparov (1997)". Lichess. Retrieved 2 February 2026. "Chess
Tamer_Karatekin
Iranian-French chess grandmaster (born 2003)
Divya Overtakes Assaubayeva". Chess.com. 31 May 2026. "Norway Chess 2026". Lichess.org. Retrieved 4 July 2026. "FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship 2026"
Alireza_Firouzja
application Kune - collaborative social network Launchpad Lemmy - social network Lichess Loomio Mastodon Mattermost server code MediaGoblin Minds Minio MongoDB
List of software under the GNU AGPL
List_of_software_under_the_GNU_AGPL
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1987)
cites safety concerns". 22 March 2026. "Humpy at Norway Chess 2026 Lichess". Lichess. "Humpy pockets first world chess crown". The Times of India. 2019
Koneru_Humpy
American chess player and commentator (born 1995)
website Levy Rozman rating card at FIDE Levy Rozman member profile at Lichess Levy Rozman player profile at Chess.com GothamChess on Twitch GothamChess's
Levy_Rozman
Chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren
after the beginning of game 8, a Reddit post pointed to two accounts on Lichess named "opqrstuv" and "FVitelli", and speculated these belonged to Ding
World_Chess_Championship_2023
Chess tournament in Shenyang, China
1st FIDE World Cup". "Gilberto Milos vs Evgeny Bareev, WCC 2000: 0-1". "Lichess Study: Anand v. Bareev, 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26
Chess_World_Cup_2000
German chess grandmaster (born 2004)
Stunning 4-Game Winning Streak". Chess.com. 6 June 2026. "Norway Chess 2026". Lichess.org. Retrieved 4 July 2026. Official website Vincent Keymer rating card
Vincent_Keymer
Strategy board game
Lidraughts.org Internet draughts server, similar to the popular chess server lichess.org Draughts.io Play Draughts Online — English, International, Brazilian
Checkers
Chess tournament in Toronto, Canada
prior to the round. Final column indicates opening played, sourced from Lichess. Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag, as FIDE banned
Women's Candidates Tournament 2024
Women's_Candidates_Tournament_2024
Chess variant
ISBN 979-8737259457.[self-published source?] "Horde on Lichess". 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015. "Lichess Blog - New features: kid mode, simuls, and more"
Dunsany's_chess
Chess match between Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju
Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024. "lichess.org - Watching with Leela - World Championship Match Ding vs Gukesh Round
World_Chess_Championship_2024
Chess opening
Nikola (2016). Winning with the Modern London System. Chess Evolution. ISBN 978-83-944290-9-6. London System on Chess.com London System on lichess.org
London_System
Rating system for players of skill-based games
Splatoon 2, Pokémon Showdown, Online-go.com, Free Internet Chess Server, Lichess, Chess.com, and TETR.IO. The Ratings Deviation (RD) measures the accuracy
Glicko_rating_system
Chess game played by Garry Kasparov
"The Pearl of Wijk aan Zee". Archived from the original on 2005-02-05. Lichess analysis board of game Chessgames.com discussion of game This game, allegedly
Kasparov's_Immortal
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1997)
Retrieved 2024-04-03. "World Blitz Championship 2024 Lichess". "Norway Chess Women 2025 Lichess". Levin, Anthony. "Divya Wins Women's World Cup, Earns
Lei_Tingjie
French chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Showdown matches) Internet competitions (Internet Chess Club, Chess.com, chess24.com, Lichess, Champions Chess Tour and FIDE online tournaments and matches)
Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave
Ukrainian chess player (born 2010)
PeshkaCh vs FM Fluffey". lichess.org. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018. "Rapid Chess • LM PeshkaCh vs GM GMVallejo". lichess.org. 17 June 2018.
Tykhon_Cherniaiev
American chess player (born 1986)
Chess Association" (PDF). www.minnesotachess.com/history. John Bartholomew personal website. John Bartholomew rating card at FIDE His Lichess page v t e
John Bartholomew (chess player)
John_Bartholomew_(chess_player)
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Caruana. He occasionally streams Titled Arenas and Team Battles held on Lichess on his YouTube Channel with the username "FairChess" to his 13 thousand
Dmitry_Andreikin
Iranian chess player (born 1952)
to France in 2006. As of 2020, Shirazi plays online on the chess site Lichess.org. On the September 2019 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2347. In
Kamran_Shirazi
American chess grandmaster (born 1969)
at the Saint Louis Chess Club YouTube channel Ben Finegold on Twitch Ben Finegold member profile at Chess.com Ben Finegold member profile at Lichess
Ben_Finegold
South African chess player (born 2003)
on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024. "FM Banele Fortune Mhango". Lichess. Banele Mhango. Retrieved 16 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated
Banele_Mhango
of the Hill • Bring your King to the center to win the game. • lichess.org". en.lichess.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-03
List_of_chess_variants
Chess opening
Counterattack on Chess.com Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Traxler Counterattack on lichess.org Traxler Counter Attack The Chess Website by Kevin Butler
Traxler_Counterattack
Chess opening
The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Benko's Opening King's Fianchetto Opening on Chess.com Hungarian Opening on lichess.org
King's_Fianchetto_Opening
Chess game played in London in 1851
Lionel Kieseritzky: La Régence, July 1851 The Immortal Game import at Lichess (a popular variation with incorrect 18...Qxa1+, not 18...Bxg1) Adolf Anderssen
Immortal_Game
like Chess.com (founded in 2007) and, to a lesser extent, free website Lichess (launched in 2010). These websites feature quick pairing systems and site-specific
History_of_chess
Chess opening
Winter The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Caro–Kann Defence Caro-Kann Defense on Chess.com Caro-Kann Defense on lichess.org
Caro–Kann_Defence
Chess tournament in New Delhi, India and Tehran, Iran
2019. Retrieved 26 June 2008. "Anand v. Shirov, 2000 - Game 3 Study". Lichess. Byrne, Robert (7 January 2001). "Anand's Devious Strategy Defeats Shirov
FIDE World Chess Championship 2000
FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2000
Scottish chess player (born 2010)
an online rapid 10+5 game in the ECF Grand Prix Rapid Event 1 held on lichess.org. In March 2026, he won the British Rapidplay Championship by defeating
Frederick_Waldhausen_Gordon
Internet chess server
left "no other realistic chess competitor" except the free, open-source Lichess. Chess.com has held the Speed Chess Championship annually since 2016, involving
Chess.com
Mongolian chess player
Munkhdalai player profile at Chess.com Amilal Munkhdalai member profile at Lichess Amilal Munkhdalai chess games at 365Chess.com Amilal Munkhdalai chess games
Amilal_Munkhdalai
Chess software website company
rectified) and that ChessBase claims "originality where there is none". Lichess described the same product as "a rip-off". ChessBase responded to this
ChessBase
scottdraves/electricsheep@40bb521". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-03-28. "Commits - lichess-org/fishnet". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-03-04. fishnet status, retrieved 2023-03-04
List of volunteer computing projects
List_of_volunteer_computing_projects
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1992)
Retrieved 30 April 2023. "Shenzhen Nanshan Masters 2025 • Finals Game 4". lichess.org. Retrieved 15 December 2025. "Bai Jinshi vs. Ding Liren, China 2017"
Ding_Liren
Chess tournament
2025-01-23. "Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 4: Praggnanandhaa Tops the Standings". lichess.org. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-23. Ahmed, Shahid (2025-01-22). "Tata
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025
Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament_2025
General-purpose programming language
Government tax applications. M1 Finance uses Scala for their back-end platform. Lichess uses Scala for their open-source platform core applications. In November
Scala_(programming_language)
Czech chess grandmaster (born 1985)
Trust and Traitors in Chess". lichess.org. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2025-07-01. "Cheating: Trust and Traitors in Chess". lichess.org. 2024-05-24. Retrieved
David_Navara
Chess opening
one used in contemporary books and chess websites such as Chess.com and Lichess, is the Polish Opening. This is by analogy to the Polish Defence (1.d4
Sokolsky_Opening
Vietnamese chess grandmaster (born 1996)
card at FIDE Minh Le's channel on YouTube Lê Tuấn Minh on Twitch Lê Tuấn Minh member profile at Lichess Le Tuan Minh player profile at Chess.com v t e
Lê_Tuấn_Minh
Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1992)
at Internet Chess Club (ICC), Chess.com, ChessCube, PlayChess.com, and lichess.org. For most of 2011, Hansen was recognized as the highest-rated player
Eric_Hansen_(chess_player)
Chess opening
The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Queen's Pawn Opening Queen's Pawn Opening on Chess.com Queen's Pawn Game on lichess.org
Queen's_Pawn_Game
Governing body of the sport of chessboxing
Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21. "WORLD CHESS BOXING ORGANISATION team". lichess.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21. "Contacts". chessboxing.global. 2025-08-09.
World Chess Boxing Organisation
World_Chess_Boxing_Organisation
Ways to improve winning chances against a stronger player
Challenges on Lichess: Queen for knight & double knight odds". lczero.org: Leela Chess Zero. Retrieved 9 June 2026. Naphthalin. "LeelaPieceOdds". lichess.org.
Handicap_(chess)
Chess opening
ISBN 0-940685-73-6. The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Ware Opening Ware Opening on Chess.com Ware Opening on lichess.org
Ware_Opening
Annual invitational tournament
2019 Hikaru Nakamura (5) 64 2020 Wesley So (2) Tournament held online via Lichess due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 65 2021 Wesley So (3) So won a rapid playoff
US_Chess_Championship
Chess opening
ISBN 0-7134-3623-9. The Wikibook Chess Opening Theory has a page on the topic of: Italian Game Italian Game on Chess.com Italian Game on lichess.org
Italian_Game
Informant Expert Chess opening book (computers) Chess.com chess24 ChessBase Lichess Shane's Chess Information Database Computer chess List of chess games List
Chess_database
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1975)
Trust and Traitors in Chess". lichess.org. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025. "Cheating: Trust and Traitors in Chess". lichess.org. 24 May 2024. Retrieved
Vladimir_Kramnik
Norwegian chess company
left "no other realistic chess competitor" except the free, open-source Lichess. Nikel, David (9 October 2020). "World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Floats
Play_Magnus_Group
American chess player (born 1993)
Official website Eric Rosen rating card at FIDE Eric Rosen member profile at Lichess Eric Rosen player profile at Chess.com Eric Rosen on Twitch Eric Rosen's
Eric_Rosen_(chess_player)
LICHESS
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LICHESS
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Tall, Lord Vishnu, High
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Lord of the Universe
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Fortunate; An Ancient City of India; Who has Everything; The Great Princess; The Birth Place of Lord Mahavir
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
She was a narrator of Hadith
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a companionable person, from Middle English frend ‘friend’ (Old English frēond). In the Middle Ages the term was also used to denote a relative or kinsman, and the surname may also have been acquired by someone who belonged to the family of someone who was a more important figure in the community.American translation of Jewish and German Freund.
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, Australian, Muslim, Swahili
Holy Spring
Girl/Female
Tamil
Rushama | à®°à¯à®·à®¾à®®à®¾à®‚
Calm
Boy/Male
British, English
Maker of Rope
Boy/Male
American, British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Jamaican, Latin
Life; Hazelnut; Little Bird; Desired; Life Giving; Light; Bird
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Spring Springtime
LICHESS
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LICHESS
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LICHESS