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8 Sept 2021
thibault
How I started building Lichess
I get this question sometimes. How did you decide to make a chess server? The truth is, I didn't.
22 Dec 2021
Lichess
Our recent server issues....
A quick update on what happened yesterday
8 May 2025
ChessMonitor_Stats
Where do Grandmasters play Chess? - Lichess vs. Chess.com
This is the first large-scale analysis of Grandmaster activity across Chess.com and Lichess from 200…
29 Oct 2021
thibault
How to create a Lichess bot
Well, it depends. On you.
6 Jun 2024
Lichess
The new mobile app!
It's here, at least partially...
1 May 2022
jmviz
When should you berserk?
Should you berserk against Magnus? Who should Magnus berserk against?
27 Mar 2023
Lichess
Lichess Voice Recognition Beta
We’re doing a public Beta for once!
16 May 2022
freopen
Carlsen number for every Lichess user
Find out if you (indirectly) beat the current World Champion
6 Sept 2024
StockfishNews
Stockfish 17 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
8 Aug 2025
Lichess
Mobile App: Official Release!
Now available on both Google Play and the App Store.
10 Feb 2024
FrankWillow
En Croissant: The Ultimate Chess Toolkit
En Croissant is an open-source, cross-platform chess GUI that aims to be powerful, customizable and …
15 Jun 2025
TotalNoob69
The REAL value of chess pieces
... according to Stockfish
20 Jul 2023
thibault
We don't want all the features
Adding lines of code to a program is like adding weight to a plane. It better be worth it.
14 Dec 2023
BlindfoldBlunderer
Record Live Games & Upload them to Lichess with ChessCam
An introduction to ChessCam, a free website/app to digitally export live chess games
1 May 2024
SayChessClassical
Are Online Chess Players Trapped Pigeons?
The Increasing Gamification of Online Chess
26 Dec 2023
justaz
Exact Ratings for Everyone on Lichess
I got tired of caring about ratings. So I spent a whole week analyzing all ratings on Lichess. Here …
27 Jun 2023
oortcloud_o
Cheater gameplay? - part 1
How do they differ in 1+0 Bullet games
11 Aug 2022
thibault
Starting from scratch
If you had to start Lichess from scratch, what would you change?
24 Feb 2024
StockfishNews
Stockfish 16.1 is here!
The free and open source engine that you love, now stronger than ever before!
12 Dec 2022
thibault
Lichess & Scala 3
Lichess gets a big upgrade. It doesn't go as planned.
19 Apr 2024
revoof
Adapting nnue-pytorch's binary position format for Lichess
Lichess stores lots of chess positions, and (thanks to Stockfish) now more efficiently
24 Jan 2024
BlindfoldBlunderer
Free Tournament Broadcasting with ChessCam
A tutorial on how to broadcast tournaments on Lichess with a phone and a tripod
29 May 2024
NM
ZugAddict
Introducing MoleChess, where playing badly is often the best move
Behold and Gasp in Awe at its Majesty
1 Oct 2021
thibault
How to ask technical questions
Simple guidelines to get quick and actionable answers
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