Lichess

lichess.org

About this game

Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations.
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.

The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- system colours on Android 12+
- translated into 55 languages

Ratings and reviews

Why is it the computer calls a draw the second it finds itself in a losing position, and yet, out of hundreds if not thousands of games that I have played, it has never once called a draw in my favor nor given me an option to. Also, I have caught it on numerous occasions skipping spaces with pawns. some might call that a "bug" or a glitch. yet it has never happened in MY favor. Pretty convenient.

Finally an app that allows more of the site. It still has its problems. Find the settings. This app will drop pieces on squares you didn't touch. There is a delay so you rarely get the full increment. Also, not app specific, lichess does not do enough to eliminate and deter cheaters. If I wanted to play an engine, I would select an engine to play against. Do better lichess.

I've had a fold variant of phone for many years now and there is still not proper support for them. Since the new app released I can no longer see my time. I play mostly bullet. On the old app, I couldn't see names, material difference, or click the chat option while my phone is unfolded. Now it's worse with the clock hidden. Please update your support for this. Playing with my phone closed is too small- it's why I use a fold in the first place. Other than this, the app is amazing.

What’s new

We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases