lichess • Free Online Chess

This outstanding mobile app was constructed due to a passionate love for chess. The app is compiled as open source and is free for all.

Currently hosting over 150,000 distinct users each day, this app is gaining momentum rapidly. Users can partake in bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence styles of chess gameplay. They can also have a chance to play in arena tournaments. A fascinating feature of this app is players can search to find, follow and challenge players. Keeping track of gameplay statistics regarding wins and losses is also feasible by players.

Chess enthusiasts can practice honing their skills with numerous puzzles available in various game variants such as Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings. Players can also benefit from game analysis, with the option of either local computer evaluation or server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary. Chess players can benefit from utilizing the app's unlimited opening explorer and endgame tablebase explorer options.

This interesting app is highly versatile and designed to cater to different kinds of chess enthusiasts. Players can play with an offline computer, or they can switch to Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend. The app also includes a convenient standalone chess clock featuring multiple time settings. Chess enthusiasts can create and edit customizable boards according to their preference. Furthermore, the app is available in 80 languages and can be used on both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode.

Perhaps the best part of this app is that it is 100% free, without ads, and encases open-source programming. The app developers hope to keep it entirely free and without ads for the foreseeable future. Source codes of the mobile application and the website and server are available on GitHub, making it entirely transparent and trustworthy for users.