Lichess

Lichess
Type of site
 Internet chess server
Available in Over 80 languages (over 25 translations complete)
Created by Thibault Duplessis
Website www.lichess.org
Alexa rank 3,311 (as of October 2016)[1]
Commercial No
Registration Optional[2]
Launched 3 June 2010[3]
Current status Active
Written in Scala, JavaScript, HTML and CSS[4]

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 AGPL license.[5]

The main feature of the website is supporting games of live and correspondence chess against other players at different time controls. The website does not require registration, since anyone can play anonymously. However, for registered players 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,[6] the website supports the following chess variants:

Lichess has features to assist visually impaired people to play chess on the website.[8] It also has a chess puzzle-based CAPTCHA system.[9]

The website 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.[10] An app for mobile devices running iOS was released on March 4, 2015.[11]

As of 7 August 2016, lichess.org had the global rank 3,598 at Alexa, with most of its visitors coming from the United States, Russia, Iran, Italy, and Spain.[1] Lichess is ranked second only to Chess.com as one of the most popular online chess servers in the world.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "lichess.org Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Patkar, Mihir (31 July 2015). "10 Free Two Player Games You Can Play In Your Browser". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault (2014-08-05). "How old is lichess?". lichess.org. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault. "README". GitHub. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault. "LICENSE". GitHub. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lichess embraces blind players with new chess site features". slashgear.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "OMG Crazyhouse!". lichess.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  8. ↑ Torres, JC (23 June 2014). "Lichess embraces blind players with new chess site features". Slashgear. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Leyden, John (14 March 2013). "We shall CRUSH you, puny ROBOT... with CHESS". The Register. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Android apps in Google Play". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "lichess - Free Online Chess in the App Store". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Chess Links and Websites". Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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