Website | Free account | Lichess Patron |
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Zero ads | Yes | Yes |
No tracking | Yes | Yes |
Play and create tournaments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Play and create simultaneous exhibitions | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Correspondence chess with conditional premoves | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Standard chess and 8 chess variants (Crazyhouse, Chess960, Horde, ...) | Yes | Yes |
Deep Stockfish 16 NNUE server analysis | 40 per day | 40 per day |
Instant local Stockfish 14+ analysis (depth 99) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Cloud engine analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Learn from your mistakes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Studies (shared and persistent analysis) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Chess insights (detailed analysis of your play) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
All chess basics lessons | Yes | Yes |
Tactical puzzles from user games | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Puzzle Streak, Puzzle Storm, Puzzle Racer | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Global opening explorer (430 million games!) | Yes | Yes |
Personal opening explorer (also works on other players) | Yes | Yes |
7-piece endgame tablebase | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Download/Upload any game as PGN | Yes | Yes |
Advanced search through Lichess 4 billion games | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Chess video library | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Forum, teams, messaging, friends, challenges | Yes | Yes |
Available in 80+ languages | Yes | Yes |
Light/dark theme, custom boards, pieces and background | Yes | Yes |
All features to come, forever | Yes | Yes |
Mobile | Free account | Lichess Patron |
Zero ads, no tracking | Yes | Yes |
Online and offline games, with 8 variants | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, Classical and Correspondence chess | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Arena tournaments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Board editor and analysis board with Stockfish 14+ | Yes | Yes |
Tactics puzzles | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Available in 80+ languages | Yes | Yes |
Light and dark theme, custom boards and pieces | Yes | Yes |
iPhone & Android phones and tablets, landscape support | Yes | Yes |
All features to come, forever | Yes | Yes |
Support Lichess | Free account | Lichess Patron |
Contribute to Lichess and get a cool looking Patron icon | - | Yes |
$0 | $5/month |
Yes, both accounts have the same features!
That is because Lichess is built for the love of chess.
We believe every chess player deserves the best, and so:
all features are free for everybody, forever!
If you love Lichess, Support us with a Patron account!