lichess

If you're passionate about chess and seeking a comprehensive, free, and open-source platform, look no further than this exceptional app. Crafted with love for the game, this app is accessible to everyone and continues to grow, boasting an impressive daily user base of 150,000 and rapidly expanding.

Whether you're into bullet, blitz, classical, or correspondence chess, this app caters to all your preferences. Engage in thrilling arena tournaments, connect with the chess community by finding, following, and challenging players, and keep track of your performance with detailed game statistics. Sharpen your skills with a variety of chess puzzles, and explore numerous chess variants such as Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King of the Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings, all available both online and offline.

Enhance your gameplay with in-depth game analysis, powered by local and server-based computer evaluations complete with move annotations and game summaries. Dive into an unlimited opening explorer and endgame tablebase to refine your strategies. You can also play against an offline computer, utilize the Over The Board mode to enjoy offline games with friends, and make use of a standalone chess clock with various time settings. The board editor allows you to set up and explore different scenarios.

This app is designed to be user-friendly across devices, supporting both phones and tablets in landscape mode, and is available in 80 languages. It's 100% free, devoid of ads, and proudly open-source, ensuring transparency and community involvement. Similar to lichess.org, this application adheres to the GPL v3 license, guaranteeing its freedom and ad-free status indefinitely.

For those interested in the technical side, the source code for the mobile application can be found at https://github.com/veloce/lichobile, and the source code for the website and server is available at https://lichess.org/source.

What's New in the Latest Version 8.0.0

Last updated on Dec 10, 2022

We are committed to enhancing your chess experience with regular updates that include new features, improvements, and bug fixes. For detailed release notes and more information, visit https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases.