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The best free, adless Chess server (lichess.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you love Chess use this instead of Chess.com

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

I don't want to brag but I'm one of these people that have lifetime donation. They do the amazing job.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

I agree. I am subscriber of theirs. They provide immense value, for free.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Long ago, I made an app that controlled a headless Firefox instance and would manipulate a Chess.com webpage via an API. Then I found a guy to help build a custom wooden chess board I could monitor with an ESP32 and make calls to that API for moves, bridging a real board in a DIY setup. Never did finish the board, but realizing now I should have released the API layer.

In any event, glad Lichess exists.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How does it display opponent moves?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

probably magnets.. or lights...

or Magic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Magnets are magic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

An LED in the corner of each square would light up an existing piece and the place to move it to. The Pi would ping the API, which would compare the current location to the board on the webpage to determine the change.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Written in Scala ❤️

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Every time I see "lichess", it makes me think about "lich-ess", i.e., a female undead wizard.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Lichess actually has some stuff not there on chess.com. One of the heavyweights in open source world.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

And the level is better on lichess, even if that's difficult to find 2800+ players.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Took me awhile to adjust as I was used to the .cum UI, but it really is great.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm also used to cum.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I used to spend so many nights with chess cum

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

You chessed in your pants?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I played it for a while i could not save games against the computer so i could play them later.