This free and open-source chess application, built by chess enthusiasts, offers a comprehensive online and offline chess experience. Boasting a rapidly growing user base of 150,000 daily players, it provides diverse game modes including bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess, along with arena tournaments. Key features include player searching and challenging, game statistics tracking, puzzle practice, and support for numerous chess variants (Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King of the Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, Racing Kings) – all accessible online and offline.
Advanced features include local and server-based game analysis with annotations and summaries, an unlimited opening explorer, endgame tablebase exploration, offline computer play, an over-the-board mode for offline play with friends, a customizable chess clock, and a board editor. Available in 80 languages and designed for both phones and tablets (with landscape mode support), this 100% ad-free application remains committed to its open-source principles (GPL v3 license). Its source code is publicly available on GitHub (mobile app: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile, website and server: https://lichess.org/source).
Version 8.0.0 (December 10, 2022): This latest release incorporates ongoing improvements, new features, and bug fixes. For detailed release notes and version history, visit: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases
