Lichess
LICHESS.ORG
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- Developer
- LICHESS.ORG
- Version
- 0.28.4
- Minimum iOS
- 15.6
- Age rating
- 4+
- App Store rating
- 4.04 / 5 (606)
- App languages
- EN
App Store region: United States · Checked: Sep 20, 2026
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About this app
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 - translated into 55 languages
What’s new
* Stockfish 19 * Maia opponent in offline computer game * Offline computer game time control * Notifications for broadcast when following an event or a player * Filter boards by team in broadcast * Sort and search friends in friends screen * Move times chart in game analysis * Improved chess960 support in board editor * Copy mainline or variation PGN in analysis from the move menu * More improvements and bug fixes