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lichess, 1 month ago to random

History has been made! We have a new challenger for the World Chess Championship:

Congratulations to 17-year-old Gukesh for winning the 2024 #FIDECandidates - the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship match!

lichess, 7 months ago to chess French

Notre position sur le nouveau partenariat de la Fédération Française des Échecs: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/denouncing-french-federation-partnership/vymrLIfA

#chess #lichess #echecs #opensource #freesoftware @lelibreedu

lichess, 9 months ago to random

Ramirez is not the only one. According to interviews and documents reviewed by Lichess, another prominent American GM has also been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, raising troubling questions about how chess organisations deal with such matters.
https://lichess.org/blog/ZNTniBEAACEAJZTn/breaking-the-silence

lichess, 11 months ago to chess

We turn 13 today! We've had 13 great chess years together - thank you all, you rock!
Celebrate with us in our Anniversary Arena: https://lichess.org/tournament/ygxIlEdN #chess #birthday

lichess, 9 months ago to chess

We hope that #FIDE will reconsider their new rules about transgender players, which in our view seem discriminatory and potentially harmful. Several national #chess federations have publicly expressed similar concerns. We urge FIDE to review the situation, consult with players who would be affected by the rules, and work towards a more inclusive solution.

lichess, 9 months ago to chess

After a game, you can use our free engine analysis to help you "learn from your mistakes". Just click the button and challenge yourself to find the better moves! #lichess #chess

lichess, 9 months ago to chess

Crazy game between Shuvalova and Salimova! #FIDEWomensWorldCup #FIDEWorldCup
White, a piece down in the endgame, managed to win on demand! 🤯
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2023-womens-section/round-5-game-2/2NGcJuTx/GXlkgWgR

#chess #lichess

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lichess, 10 months ago to opensource

"Being #opensource, free of cost and #free of ads was the point from the beginning. Chess players want build their own tools, and publish the code and the data to strengthen the chess ecosystem. This is what #Lichess is about. Chess software by the players, for the players. We don't have investors or shareholders, and we're a registered non-profit in France. Lichess can't use chess players, it can only be used by them."

#ChessBaseIndia interviewed Lichess's founder: https://chessbase.in/news/interview-with-Lichess-founder-Thibault-Duplessis

lichess, 8 months ago to free

Happy #SoftwareFreedomDay !
Lichess's software is #free, #libre, and #opensource, so anyone can develop #Lichess or their own projects without having to start from scratch. Working together we can achieve so much more: join our community of developers! https://lichess.org/page/how-to-dev

lichess, 1 year ago to animals

Team 🐶 or 🐈 ? What would you pick? 🤣 #chess #cat #dog

lichess, 1 month ago to chess

Lei lost to Vaishali, who has now won 4 games in a row, meaning that sole leader Tan only needs a draw in tomorrow's final round to win the 2024 Women's Candidates!

The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-13/XbBwvNRd/9vGlWPSB

#FIDECandidates #chess

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lichess, 5 months ago to chess

Emanuel Lasker, 2nd World Chess Champion, was born #onthisday in 1868.

His reign lasted 27 years (!), but chess was not his only notable interest: for instance, he was also a mathematician who developed the Lasker-Noether theorem, fundamental in commutative algebra!

#chess #lichess #Lasker #Noether #algebra

lichess, 4 months ago to chess

All our charts are now powered by Chart.js, a charting library that's open source (like Lichess). It is used on rating charts, analysis graphs, the lag gauge, and more. Previously, we were reluctantly using a closed source library. Many thanks to the Lichess user ItsGam3Tyme for this great contribution!

#chess #lichess #chartjs #opensource #freesoftware

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lichess, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to chess

Sprint finish at #TataSteelChess ! Vidit, Giri, Gukesh, Abdu & Wei Yi are currently tied for 1st place, with Firouzja & Pragg just 0.5 points behind! Will we see tiebreaks?

Follow the tournament with our free tools (including Stockfish in multiboard view 👀 )!
https://lichess.org/broadcast/tata-steel-masters-2024/round-13/MIewWyMv

#chess #lichess

lichess, 10 months ago to opensource

What are your favourite #opensource projects? Other than us of course 😀 Tag them in the replies to share some love!

#chess #lichess #foss #floss #libre #freesoftware #community

lichess, 10 months ago to chess

Congratulations to Ju Wenjun on winning the World Chess Championship match for the 4th time! 🏆

Replay the decisive last game, where Ju Wenjun showed the superiority of the Knight pair over the Rook: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-championship/round-12/lJ60JSA7

#chess #lichess #womenchessmatch

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lichess, 6 months ago to chess

What is new on Lichess? Learn more what we've done recently ➡️ https://lichess.org/changelog Thank you to all our contributors!

#chess #lichess #opensource #freesoftware #community

lichess, 9 months ago to chess

A Lichess le gustaría organizar un "meetup" en Barcelona el domingo 3 de septiembre.
Póngase en contacto con nosotros si puede ayudarnos a encontrar un espacio para unos 50-100 personas.

#ajedrez #escacs #chess #lichess

lichess, 7 months ago to random

Share your best Lichess game of September 2023 (only standard games (no variant games) !) until October 5th by a comment of this post! The winner will be mentioned in a Lichess blog post with a commentary by a titled player of the game. Good luck!

lichess, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Join us to watch the #FIDECandidates! Daily commentary with host Irene Sukandar, and co-hosts Eric Rosen, Laura Unuk, and Matthew Sadler (@gmmds)!

#chess #lichess

lichess, 1 month ago to random

Gukesh drew with Nakamura in the final round of the #FIDECandidates and now only Caruana can stop the 17-year-old from winning the tournament outright with a victory over Nepo! Gukesh and Caruana would face each other in a tiebreak tomorrow.

The game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--open/round-14/S4zisI6M/JPsDSKMA

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lichess, 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago) to chess

IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva has won the European Women's Chess Championship 2024! A draw in the final round against GM Nino Batsiashvili was enough to secure the title undefeated with 8.5/10. IMs Nataliya Buksa and Lela Javakhishvili finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with 7.5 points on tiebreak criteria.

https://lichess.org/broadcast/european-womens-chess-championship-2024--boards-1-64/G0GlPMyC

#chess #lichess #ewcc2024

lichess, 22 days ago to random

You can now adjust the hue, brightness and opacity of your board! Customise to your liking in the board settings of your account menu. What's your setup?

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lichess, 1 month ago to chess

Congratulations to Tan Zhongyi for winning the 2024 Women's Candidates and becoming the challenger for the Women's World Championship against Ju Wenjun! Leaderboard: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2024--women/round-14/7Eeze5c7#leaderboard

#FIDECandidates #chess #lichess

lichess, 14 days ago to chess

Join us and our host IM Irene Sukandar for Round 2 of the Sharjah Masters 2024 now on YouTube and Twitch, with Vasyl Ivanchuk taking on Amin Tabatabaei and other exciting pairings!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/J7FlkDDZgrY?si=okEM1x2v3DQk8WdL
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg

#chess #lichess