lichess

If you're passionate about chess and looking for a comprehensive, free, and open-source platform to hone your skills, look no further than this remarkable app. Designed out of pure love for the game, it's available for everyone to enjoy without any cost, and it's completely ad-free. With an impressive daily user base of 150,000 and growing rapidly, it's clear that this app is a favorite among chess enthusiasts.

Dive into various game modes including bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess, or test your mettle in arena tournaments. Connect with the global chess community by finding, following, and challenging players from around the world. Track your progress with detailed game statistics and sharpen your skills with engaging chess puzzles.

Explore a wide array of chess variants, playable both online and offline, such as Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King of the Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings. Enhance your understanding of the game with local computer evaluation for game analysis, and delve deeper with server computer analysis that provides move annotations and a comprehensive game summary.

Unleash the power of the unlimited opening explorer and endgame tablebase explorer to refine your strategies. Play against an offline computer or enjoy a traditional game with a friend using the Over The Board mode. The app also features a standalone chess clock with multiple time settings and a board editor for creating custom setups.

Available in 80 languages and optimized for both phones and tablets, including landscape mode support, this app ensures a seamless experience across devices. It's 100% free, without ads, and open-source, embodying the spirit of free software under the GPL v3 license. Just like its web counterpart at lichess.org, the mobile application is fully transparent with its source code available at GitHub for the mobile app and lichess.org/source for the website and server.

What's New in the Latest Version 8.0.0

Last updated on Dec 10, 2022, this version brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes to enhance your chess experience. For a detailed list of updates, visit https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases.