Who founded Lichess?

Thibault Duplessis is a 31-year-old computer programmer, world traveler, and the creator of one of the world's most popular chess servers, LiChess.org.

Who is the creator of Lichess?

In 2010, Thibault Duplessis began work on Lichess as a hobby project. The site was simple at the beginning, not even checking to see if moves were legal. He made the site open source, which means anyone is free to read the source code and make contributions.

Who is the best Lichess player in the world?

Why is it called Lichess?

Lichess is a combination of live/light/libre and chess. It is pronounced lee-chess. Hear it pronounced by a specialist. Live, because games are played and watched in real-time 24/7; light and libre for the fact that Lichess is open-source and unencumbered by proprietary junk that plagues other websites.

Who pays for Lichess?

Lichess is a charity and entirely free/libre open source software. All operating costs, development, and content are funded solely by user donations.

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Why is Lichess so much better than chess com?

You use your studies while playing games? Most serious players use Lichess unless they're sponsored. Lichess is better for reasons such as better/quicker analysis, free puzzles and the studying resources. The only upside to chess.com is it's chess learning videos, rating system, and the bots to play against.

Who is magnus on Lichess?

Magnus Carlsen is a great Norwegian chess master. He is considered by many to be the best chess player in history, and the best in chess today, which is why he is the favorite chess player of many.

Who is the CEO of lichess?

Thibault Duplessis is a 31-year-old computer programmer, world traveler, and the creator of one of the world's most popular chess servers, LiChess.org.

Who is the oldest player in lichess?

who is the oldest lichess player still playing? Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is the oldest living chess grandmaster.

Is 2200 a good chess rating on lichess?

Someone rated 2200 is better than 95% of lichess players.

Is a 1700 lichess rating good?

1700 rapid is pretty good! I don't want to disappoint you but 1700 lichess is like the equivalent of 1400 fide... You can't easily compare different rating systems and player pools.

What is the percentage of cheaters on Lichess?

just play the game. Chess.com reported that the Percentage of cheating players over there was detected at 0.14%. So the odds that you are playing a cheater are probably not very high.

What is the lowest rated account on Lichess?

600 is the lowest possible rating that you can have. If you lose a game at 600 rating, your rating will not decrease.

How close is Lichess rating to FIDE?

Around 2000 Lichess the difference is around 300, the higher you go, the less difference in ratings, the lower you go, the more difference in ratings, until you reach 1500 Lichess which will be around 1000 FIDE, at which point, lower ratings have the same difference as 1500 Lichess difference.

Is Lichess banned in China?

Lichess is not banned in China.

Which is the longest game in Lichess?

Longest Game Ever Recorded: Nikolić–Arsović, Belgrade 1989 Part 128.

What is sandbagging in chess?

A sandbagger is a player who intentionally lowers their rating by losing on purpose, often with the intent of entering tournaments that they can easily win.

What is the average rank in Lichess?

Lichess ratings start at 1500, as is recommended by the Glicko system definition. The median player rating of Lichess is close to 1500, and there is no significant deviation of this value over time. The Lichess ratings can often be higher than ratings from other systems that start at 1200, such as FIDE or chess.com.

What is the age limit for Lichess?

>To sign up for a Lichess account, you need to be 16 or over. If you're under 16, you can only use Lichess with kid mode permanently enabled (configurable here) or with parental/guardian supervision and consent.

What is the highest Lichess score?

There is no limit.

Who is drdrunckenstein on Lichess?

“DrDrunkenstein” is one of many aliases Magnus Carlsen has played under during the past two years, when he went on a killing spree across the speed chess tournaments of the internet.

Who is anonymous in Lichess?

'Anonymous' is someone who hasn't logged himself into Lichess with his name. Everybody can be anonymous when he doesn't want to be recognized while he watches a game. Users without accounts.

Who is penguin in Lichess?

Andrew Tang is known online as “penguingm1” and is widely regarded as one of the top bullet chess players.

Who is the youngest rated chess player?

Since 1950, when the Grandmaster (GM) title was introduced by FIDE, one measure of chess prodigies is the age at which they gain the GM title. Below are players who have held the record for the youngest grandmaster. The record is currently held by Abhimanyu Mishra.