Lichess

Lichess
Web address lichess.org
Commercial No
Type of site
 Internet chess server
Registration Optional[1]
Available in Over 80 languages (over 25 translations complete)
Written in Scala, JavaScript, HTML and CSS[2]
Created by Thibault Duplessis
Launched 3 June 2010[3]
Alexa rank
 Increase 4,385[4]
Current status Active

Lichess is an Internet chess server created by Thibault Duplessis, a French programmer. The software running Lichess and the design are open source under the MIT license.[5]

The main feature of the site is supporting games of live and correspondence chess against other players of different time controls. The website does not require registration as anyone can play anonymously, for registered players however, Lichess employs a rating system, as well as the ability to compete in tournaments, post in the forums, and use the Stockfish chess engine for analysis of played games. Registered and non registered users can also play against the engine.

Lichess has training features, including tactics training, chess coordinate, and chess opening puzzles.

As well as the ability to play blindfold chess, the site supports the following chess variants:

Lichess has features to assist visually impaired people to play chess on the site.[7] The website has a chess puzzle-based CAPTCHA system.[8]

The website also enables streaming via twitch.tv, hitbox.tv and YouTube, and features many established players such as Grandmaster Eric Hansen, International Master Greg Shahade, International Master John Bartholomew, amongst many other online chess celebrities.

On February 11, 2015, an official Lichess mobile app was released for Android devices.[9] An app for mobile devices running iOS was released on March 4, 2015.[10]

As of 25 April 2016, lichess.org had the global rank 4,385 at Alexa, with most of visitors coming from United States, Russia, Iran, Italy and Spain.[4] Lichess is ranked second only to Chess.com as one of the most popular online chess servers in the world.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patkar, Mihir (31 July 2015). "10 Free Two Player Games You Can Play In Your Browser". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault. "README". GitHub. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault (2014-08-05). "How old is lichess?". lichess.org. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "lichess.org Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault. "LICENSE". GitHub. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "OMG Crazyhouse!". lichess.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  7. ↑ Torres, JC (23 June 2014). "Lichess embraces blind players with new chess site features". Slashgear. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Leyden, John (14 March 2013). "We shall CRUSH you, puny ROBOT... with CHESS". The Register. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Android apps in Google Play". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "lichess - Free Online Chess in the App Store". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Chess Links and Websites". Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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