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 6,803[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]

Features

The main feature of the site is supporting games of live and correspondence chess against other players of different time controls.[6][7] 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.[8]

Lichess has a tactics training feature, including checkmate, chess coordinate, and chess opening puzzles.[9][10]

As well as the ability to play blindfold chess, the site supports the following chess variants:[11][1]

Lichess has features to assist visually impaired people to play chess on the site.[13] The website has a chess puzzle-based CAPTCHA system.[14][15]

The website also enables streaming via twitch.tv, hitbox.tv and YouTube, and features[16] 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.[11] An app for mobile devices running iOS was released on March 4, 2015.[17]

The signature feature of Lichess is its no-advertisement policy, along with continuous development on the website's features and mechanics on monthly, weekly, or even daily basis.[18]

As of 28 September 2015, lichess.org was ranked as the 6,803rd most popular website globally by Alexa, with most of visitors coming from United States, Iran, Russia, France and Spain.[4] On the same day, Lichess was ranked second only to Chess.com as one of the most popular online chess servers in the world.[19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 28 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault. "LICENSE". GitHub. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Козлов, Алексей (21 July 2014). "Сайт дня: Lichess.org - чёрное и белое онлайн". Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Rini, Giorgio (30 November 2010). "Giocare a scacchi su internet con Lichess". Nanopress. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Baweja, Tehseen (25 November 2010). "Lichess: Play Online Chess Game Against Computer or Others". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Clarke, James (4 June 2014). "How training puzzles are generated".
  10. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault (12 January 2015). "Atomic Chess! And more".
  11. 1 2 Duplessis, Thibault (11 February 2014). "The Mobile App is ready!".
  12. ↑ "OMG Crazyhouse!". lichess.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  13. ↑ Torres, JC (23 June 2014). "Lichess embraces blind players with new chess site features". Slashgear. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Leyden, John (14 March 2013). "We shall CRUSH you, puny ROBOT... with CHESS". The Register. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Carter, Grey (14 March 2013). "Sick of Captchas? How About Chess Puzzles?". The Escapist. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Lichess - Stream on lichess TV". Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  17. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault (4 March 2015). "Mobile app: iOS edition". Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Duplessis, Thibault (2 July 2014). "Why is lichess free?". Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Chess Links and Websites". Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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