lichess • Online Chess
Free
8.0.0for iPhone, iPad and more
7.7
355 Ratings
thibault duplessis
Developer
71.8 MB
Size
Dec 6, 2022
Update Date
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About lichess • Online Chess
Built for the love of chess, this app is open source and free for all.
- 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast.
- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess
- Play in arena tournaments
- Find, follow, challenge players
- See your games stats
- Practice with chess puzzles
- Many variants, available online and offline: Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, Racing Kings!
- Game analysis with local computer evaluation
- Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary
- Opening explorer
- Play against offline computer
- Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend
- Standalone chess clock with multiple time settings
- Board editor
- Available in 80 languages
- Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode
- 100% free, without ads, and opensource!
Chess variants are supported! Try them all:
- Crazyhouse: every time a piece is captured the capturing player gets a piece of the same type and of their color in their pocket.
- Chess960: pieces on the home rank are randomised.
- King Of The Hill: bring your king to the center to win.
- Threecheck: check the opponent king three times.
- Antichess: lose all your pieces to win.
- Atomic Chess: nuke the opponent.
- Horde: destroy the horde to win.
- Racing Kings: Race your king to the eighth rank to win.
Just like http://lichess.org, this application is open source, and respects user freedom. It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever.
Learn more about lichess philosophy: http://lichess.org/blog/U4skkUQAAEAAhIGz/why-is-lichess-free
Source code of the mobile application: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile
Source code of the website and server: https://github.com/ornicar/lila
Big thanks to the volunteers behind this app:
- Vincent Velociter (lead dev) https://github.com/veloce
- Renaud Bressand (design) https://twitter.com/RenaudBressand
- Thibault Duplessis (dev) https://github.com/ornicar
- Sebastien Renault (dev of stockfish plugin) https://github.com/srenault
- Mark Henle (dev) https://github.com/freefal
Check out the app page on http://lichess.org/mobile, and follow us on twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/lichessorg
- 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast.
- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess
- Play in arena tournaments
- Find, follow, challenge players
- See your games stats
- Practice with chess puzzles
- Many variants, available online and offline: Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, Racing Kings!
- Game analysis with local computer evaluation
- Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary
- Opening explorer
- Play against offline computer
- Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend
- Standalone chess clock with multiple time settings
- Board editor
- Available in 80 languages
- Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode
- 100% free, without ads, and opensource!
Chess variants are supported! Try them all:
- Crazyhouse: every time a piece is captured the capturing player gets a piece of the same type and of their color in their pocket.
- Chess960: pieces on the home rank are randomised.
- King Of The Hill: bring your king to the center to win.
- Threecheck: check the opponent king three times.
- Antichess: lose all your pieces to win.
- Atomic Chess: nuke the opponent.
- Horde: destroy the horde to win.
- Racing Kings: Race your king to the eighth rank to win.
Just like http://lichess.org, this application is open source, and respects user freedom. It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever.
Learn more about lichess philosophy: http://lichess.org/blog/U4skkUQAAEAAhIGz/why-is-lichess-free
Source code of the mobile application: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile
Source code of the website and server: https://github.com/ornicar/lila
Big thanks to the volunteers behind this app:
- Vincent Velociter (lead dev) https://github.com/veloce
- Renaud Bressand (design) https://twitter.com/RenaudBressand
- Thibault Duplessis (dev) https://github.com/ornicar
- Sebastien Renault (dev of stockfish plugin) https://github.com/srenault
- Mark Henle (dev) https://github.com/freefal
Check out the app page on http://lichess.org/mobile, and follow us on twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/lichessorg
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What's New in the Latest Version 8.0.0
Last updated on Dec 6, 2022
Old Versions
What's changed:
- Fix timeline XSS by @jas14
- Disable back button on game while playing by @veloce
- Update to capacitor 4.0 by @veloce
- Fix timeline XSS by @jas14
- Disable back button on game while playing by @veloce
- Update to capacitor 4.0 by @veloce
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Version History
8.0.0
Dec 6, 2022
What's changed:
- Fix timeline XSS by @jas14
- Disable back button on game while playing by @veloce
- Update to capacitor 4.0 by @veloce
- Fix timeline XSS by @jas14
- Disable back button on game while playing by @veloce
- Update to capacitor 4.0 by @veloce
7.16.0
Aug 11, 2022
Improvements and bug fixes:
* Scale promo piece size relative to screen width
* Added Anarcandy chess pieces
* Fix iOS 15 audio when using headphones
* Correct the route for study chapters
* Added current number of move to the chess clock ui
* Use haptic engine in local AI game
* New translations
* Scale promo piece size relative to screen width
* Added Anarcandy chess pieces
* Fix iOS 15 audio when using headphones
* Correct the route for study chapters
* Added current number of move to the chess clock ui
* Use haptic engine in local AI game
* New translations
7.15.2
Apr 15, 2022
Improvements/bug fixes
* Fix canceling new game after editing board in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2060
* Fix bad display on square screen in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2062
* Fix set tv channel in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2071
* Make game events emit haptic effects in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2079
* New translations in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2057
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.15.1...v7.15.2
* Fix canceling new game after editing board in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2060
* Fix bad display on square screen in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2062
* Fix set tv channel in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2071
* Make game events emit haptic effects in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2079
* New translations in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2057
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.15.1...v7.15.2
7.15.1
Mar 9, 2022
New feature
* You can now sync the theme with system so it automatically switch between dark an light
Improvements/bug fixes
* Fix wrong eval being displayed with multi lines
* Fix board aspect for square screens
* Fix number of checks when rewinding a 3-check game
* Fix clocks not flipped when flipping the board
* New translations
Get the full changelog: https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.15.0...v7.15.1
* You can now sync the theme with system so it automatically switch between dark an light
Improvements/bug fixes
* Fix wrong eval being displayed with multi lines
* Fix board aspect for square screens
* Fix number of checks when rewinding a 3-check game
* Fix clocks not flipped when flipping the board
* New translations
Get the full changelog: https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.15.0...v7.15.1
7.15.0
Feb 27, 2022
New features
* Threat mode
Improvements/fixes
* Allow choice of color for standard rated games
* Add more timeline entries and patron wings
* Fix players board flip during game
* Stop clocks until move readback is received
* Don't play sounds while in background
* Fix game toast position
* Compute arena score colors
* New translations
* See full changelog https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.14.1...v7.15.0
* Threat mode
Improvements/fixes
* Allow choice of color for standard rated games
* Add more timeline entries and patron wings
* Fix players board flip during game
* Stop clocks until move readback is received
* Don't play sounds while in background
* Fix game toast position
* Compute arena score colors
* New translations
* See full changelog https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.14.1...v7.15.0
7.14.1
Dec 29, 2021
Fixes/improvements:
* Fix long comments in studies only partly visible
* Fix anonymous no-clock analysis screen shift
* Shrink correspondence seek row height
* Restart engine evaluation when options change
* Fix zen mode touch not aligned with board
* Tournament performance improvements
* Tournament fixes: player standing buttons and featured game clock
* New translations
* Fix long comments in studies only partly visible
* Fix anonymous no-clock analysis screen shift
* Shrink correspondence seek row height
* Restart engine evaluation when options change
* Fix zen mode touch not aligned with board
* Tournament performance improvements
* Tournament fixes: player standing buttons and featured game clock
* New translations
7.14.0
Nov 24, 2021
New features:
- Stockfish 14.1 NNUE
Bug fixes/improvements:
- tournament bug fixes and improvements
- new translations
More information at: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases/tag/v7.14.0
- Stockfish 14.1 NNUE
Bug fixes/improvements:
- tournament bug fixes and improvements
- new translations
More information at: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases/tag/v7.14.0
7.13.1
Oct 23, 2021
- Fix analysis summary labels
- Fix regional language selection (de, pt, zh)
- New Crowdin translations updates
- Fix regional language selection (de, pt, zh)
- New Crowdin translations updates
7.13.0
Oct 19, 2021
New features:
- gioco, icpieces and libra piece sets are now available
- dark mode launch screen
- blindfold chess mode
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix pieces display in dark mode
- better readability of last move highlights on some boards
- fix time indication on anonymous analysis
- fix going back from analysis to game twice
- fix promotion view, allow to cancel promotion
- trim username input value on login form
- update and fix tablebase
- check illegal positions before allowing analysis
- update tournament time options
- replace followers list with friends list
- many UI fixes and improvements
- gioco, icpieces and libra piece sets are now available
- dark mode launch screen
- blindfold chess mode
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix pieces display in dark mode
- better readability of last move highlights on some boards
- fix time indication on anonymous analysis
- fix going back from analysis to game twice
- fix promotion view, allow to cancel promotion
- trim username input value on login form
- update and fix tablebase
- check illegal positions before allowing analysis
- update tournament time options
- replace followers list with friends list
- many UI fixes and improvements
7.11.3
Jun 30, 2021
Bug fixes / improvements:
- fix rating range selection not sent when 0
- sort correspondence hooks by rating
- add current game ply to share URI
- add a new button to share game GIF
- fix rating range selection not sent when 0
- sort correspondence hooks by rating
- add current game ply to share URI
- add a new button to share game GIF
7.11.2
Jun 9, 2021
Improvements / bug fixes:
- fix new opponent button from custom games
- include board orientation in game share links
- add ply parameter to game share links
- add last score to coordinates training
- fix changing board orientation in coordinates training
- add more translations
- fix new opponent button from custom games
- include board orientation in game share links
- add ply parameter to game share links
- add last score to coordinates training
- fix changing board orientation in coordinates training
- add more translations
7.11.0
May 24, 2021
New features:
- coordinates trainer
- featured streamers on homepage
- featured game on homepage
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix correspondence moves badge
- more translations
- fix stockfish variants date
- add an option to choose board side in landscape mode
- vibrate only after opponent move when vibrate on game events is on
- don't show toast anymore after game is finished, show result popup instead
- fix learn from your mistakes counter
- fix PGN dump (in game from position)
- coordinates trainer
- featured streamers on homepage
- featured game on homepage
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix correspondence moves badge
- more translations
- fix stockfish variants date
- add an option to choose board side in landscape mode
- vibrate only after opponent move when vibrate on game events is on
- don't show toast anymore after game is finished, show result popup instead
- fix learn from your mistakes counter
- fix PGN dump (in game from position)
7.10.0
Mar 27, 2021
New features:
- replace messaging system with an instant chat like in lichess.org website
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix missing check king red aura in some cases
- fix missing best move arrows in multi-line analysis
- fix OTB piece advantage orientation
- cancel premove when accepting a takeback
- add the stage count to the standalone clock
- replace messaging system with an instant chat like in lichess.org website
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix missing check king red aura in some cases
- fix missing best move arrows in multi-line analysis
- fix OTB piece advantage orientation
- cancel premove when accepting a takeback
- add the stage count to the standalone clock
7.9.0
Mar 16, 2021
New features:
- move annotations on the board + colors on the move list
- show server announcements
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix crashes when resuming app from background
- add more translations to perf stats screen
- use shield icon for shield tournaments
- fix the number of moves not updated in the top right board icon after a correspondence move
- remove the delay to display move confirmation during real time games
- fix analysis graph not displaying after server analysis request
- move annotations on the board + colors on the move list
- show server announcements
Bug fixes/improvements:
- fix crashes when resuming app from background
- add more translations to perf stats screen
- use shield icon for shield tournaments
- fix the number of moves not updated in the top right board icon after a correspondence move
- remove the delay to display move confirmation during real time games
- fix analysis graph not displaying after server analysis request
7.8.0
Feb 21, 2021
New features:
- conditional premoves for correspondence games
- new horsey piece and board set
Bug fixes:
- game network no longer disconnects immediately while putting the app to background (there is now a 3 minute delay): this allows to quickly switch apps while playing without risking to lose on disconnection
- fix chat scrolling: new messages don't make the screen scroll to the bottom anymore
- fix minimised analysis board position
- fix infinite analysis toggle
- fix maestro and cardinal pieces lag
- removed deep link support for user profile
- fix deep links that were opening all lichess links in the app, including non supported links
- conditional premoves for correspondence games
- new horsey piece and board set
Bug fixes:
- game network no longer disconnects immediately while putting the app to background (there is now a 3 minute delay): this allows to quickly switch apps while playing without risking to lose on disconnection
- fix chat scrolling: new messages don't make the screen scroll to the bottom anymore
- fix minimised analysis board position
- fix infinite analysis toggle
- fix maestro and cardinal pieces lag
- removed deep link support for user profile
- fix deep links that were opening all lichess links in the app, including non supported links
7.7.2
Feb 6, 2021
Bug fixes:
- improved stockfish stability
- fix antichess play against AI and analysis
- improved board editor fen validation
- fixed zen mode making difficult to select pieces
- increase hold timeout to avoid skipping moves when using fast-forward and rewind buttons
- improved stockfish stability
- fix antichess play against AI and analysis
- improved board editor fen validation
- fixed zen mode making difficult to select pieces
- increase hold timeout to avoid skipping moves when using fast-forward and rewind buttons
7.7.1
Jan 25, 2021
Bug fixes:
- fix some possible crashes of new stockfish 12 plugin
- fix training puzzles external links
- fix some possible crashes of new stockfish 12 plugin
- fix training puzzles external links
7.7.0
Jan 21, 2021
New features:
- updated local engine: Stockfish 12 is now available for all chess variants!
- improved play against computer levels
- improved speed of local analysis
- improved local analysis
Bug fixes & improvements:
- added California piece set
- updated Maestro and Cardinal piece set
- updated translations
- updated local engine: Stockfish 12 is now available for all chess variants!
- improved play against computer levels
- improved speed of local analysis
- improved local analysis
Bug fixes & improvements:
- added California piece set
- updated Maestro and Cardinal piece set
- updated translations
7.6.0
Dec 21, 2020
New features:
- replay game (fast, slow, real time) accessible now in info tab of analysis screen
- more preferences synced with lichess account: clock sound on low time, clock tenths display
Bug fixes / improvements
- updated rating range selection to match website
- fix iOS 14 icons
- fix opening lichess game links
- add button to copy challenge url to clipboard
- fix splash screen logo ratio
- improved game network failure recovery
- replay game (fast, slow, real time) accessible now in info tab of analysis screen
- more preferences synced with lichess account: clock sound on low time, clock tenths display
Bug fixes / improvements
- updated rating range selection to match website
- fix iOS 14 icons
- fix opening lichess game links
- add button to copy challenge url to clipboard
- fix splash screen logo ratio
- improved game network failure recovery
7.5.0
Sep 14, 2020
New features:
- tournament chat room
- new bullet/ultrabullet icons
- new trophies icons
- new translations
- add tournament eastern color
- update maestro piece set
- add governor piece set
Bug fixes:
- fix scroll momentum on iOS 12
- fix tournament game counter
- better request rate control on client side to avoid hitting rate limit on server side
- tournament chat room
- new bullet/ultrabullet icons
- new trophies icons
- new translations
- add tournament eastern color
- update maestro piece set
- add governor piece set
Bug fixes:
- fix scroll momentum on iOS 12
- fix tournament game counter
- better request rate control on client side to avoid hitting rate limit on server side
7.4.0
Aug 26, 2020
New feature:
- practice with computer on analysis screen
Bug fixes:
- Fix plural translations on some languages
- Fix loading of puzzles while having a bad network connection
- Fix status bar style in light background
- Fix chess960 castle when move confirmation is on
- Fix stockfish level 1 very difficult
- Fix study share menu
- Fix home number of players and games not shown on first launch
- practice with computer on analysis screen
Bug fixes:
- Fix plural translations on some languages
- Fix loading of puzzles while having a bad network connection
- Fix status bar style in light background
- Fix chess960 castle when move confirmation is on
- Fix stockfish level 1 very difficult
- Fix study share menu
- Fix home number of players and games not shown on first launch
7.3.0
Jul 12, 2020
New features:
- allow to join team battle tournament from url
Bug fixes:
- fix broken links in homepage tournament entries
- fix duplicate friends entries
- fix unresponsive study chapter button
- fill in missing dates in rating graphs
- don't allow playing or analysing from unplayable editor position
- allow to join team battle tournament from url
Bug fixes:
- fix broken links in homepage tournament entries
- fix duplicate friends entries
- fix unresponsive study chapter button
- fill in missing dates in rating graphs
- don't allow playing or analysing from unplayable editor position
7.2.0
Jun 7, 2020
New features/improvements:
- added maestro, dubrovny, tatiana and fresca piece sets
- updated translations
- distinguish tournaments by colour as in lichess website
Bug fixes:
- fix premature flagging of OTB clock
- fix app unresponsiveness after changing OTB clock to 'None'
- fix cardinal piece lag
- remove featured game from home as it may cause API rate limit issues
- fix translation plural issue
- added maestro, dubrovny, tatiana and fresca piece sets
- updated translations
- distinguish tournaments by colour as in lichess website
Bug fixes:
- fix premature flagging of OTB clock
- fix app unresponsiveness after changing OTB clock to 'None'
- fix cardinal piece lag
- remove featured game from home as it may cause API rate limit issues
- fix translation plural issue
7.1.0
May 20, 2020
New features/improvements:
- new piece themes 'pixel', 'staunty', 'cardinal'
- new board themes
- add a rook castle settings to choose between moving the king 2 squares or to the rook
- standalone clock now displays milliseconds when on low time
- lighter app package since now board themes are downloaded only if selected
Bug fixes:
- fix app crash when having an open challenge along with correspondence games in the menu
- fix app crash when using advanced search
- fix game menu orientation change
- fix deep links
- remove black spot from splash screen
- fix standalone clock sound effects
- new piece themes 'pixel', 'staunty', 'cardinal'
- new board themes
- add a rook castle settings to choose between moving the king 2 squares or to the rook
- standalone clock now displays milliseconds when on low time
- lighter app package since now board themes are downloaded only if selected
Bug fixes:
- fix app crash when having an open challenge along with correspondence games in the menu
- fix app crash when using advanced search
- fix game menu orientation change
- fix deep links
- remove black spot from splash screen
- fix standalone clock sound effects
7.0.5
Mar 29, 2020
We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases
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iPhone
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iPad
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iPod touch
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