Lichess

Name: Lichess
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.326732635498047 (15903 reviews)
Author: lichess.org

lichess.org

15.9K reviews

USK: All ages

5M+

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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

The one open-source chess game

Updated on

Oct 23, 2026

Available on

Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

14.8K reviews

Oleg Gaier

June 25, 2026

Great app! I have one issue, though. If I cancel the matchmaking search, I sometimes receive a timeout and am prevented from searching again for quite a long time. This happens to me regularly because I have an unstable internet connection. If the search takes too long, I press the Cancel button—but even though no match has been found and the game never started, I still receive a timeout penalty. If canceling the search is not allowed, please disable the Cancel button. thank you.

28 people found this review helpful

Shiraj Baral

January 5, 2025

Love it. Like the new layout, the pieces and also the overall feel of the app. I also like the part where I can choose the difficulty of the puzzles. I liked the part where I can see what's in the home screen and design it as per my taste. However I am not sure how to add somethings (I want to add the puzzle section in my home screen). I do miss looking at my game history where it showed the name of the opening I used. Please add that one too. That was one big strength of the old app.

88 people found this review helpful

S Bee

August 26, 2026

I've not loved a digital chess option since Battle Chess on the Tandy 1000. It's fully stocked. I'm learning everyday. I can challenge friends and make new ones. The skill builders like coordinate training and puzzles are authentic. Bring free makes it financially accessible to everyone! I would like to help increase accessibility, some improvements can be made there. This app is a labor of love, and I feel loved by it. Thank you to the people who keep it running!

37 people found this review helpful

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

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