lichess • Online Chess for Pc

I have been using this app for years, overall good application, lot of players from every corner of the planet, lot of tournaments for all strength levels, however the main shortfall of the application is timing. Players over 2400 strength gain time after each move, it looks like the apps is programmed to favor these players. On the other hand In tournament levels weak players gain tremendous time during the game and you see players at 2200 or more strength loosing on time against a player at 1600 strength. This is so ridiculous when you a player at master level loose on time continuously against a weak player. When you play to a player more or less at your strength the time is about right. Developers need to fix this issue, on short games time is essential. I do have extremely high speed internet connection with no lag at all, so saying this has to do with internet connection has no ground to be based upon. Other than this playing long time games like 10 minutes or more you shouldn't have any issue.

I’ve played the app on desktop for years and as far as other chess mobile apps go, this one is not bad. However for what the app can offer, there are some issues with functionality, namely the puzzles. I can’t get them to sync. If I play through 10 tactics on desktop, and try to play some on my phone the next day, the tactics are the same ones I’ve seen on desktop, and solving them has no effect on my rating. As someone who mainly plays on desktop, this basically means I can’t play tactics on mobile. The other gripe I have is the notification icon doesn’t sync well either. If I get a notification and then use the app, the number stays there. For correspondence games I’ve played 6-7 moves and the notification number just keeps going up and up, even though I have no games that are pending my action.

I love the app. I use the app every day, it’s a great application, and by far the most user friendly chess application I’ve ever used. However, the newest update is riddled with problems that just can’t be overlooked. For starters, the chat text box disappears when I try to type a message to my opponent. It’s a pain to not see what you’re typing, and to hope that everything looks alright before sending. Secondly, opening the analysis board in correspondence games occasionally shows up “zoomed in,” where I can only see a portion of the board. This makes it impossible to properly analyze my next moves and renders the analysis board feature useless. Finally, aesthetically I have a problem with the moves list being above the board within a game. I guess this is personal preference and will just take some getting used to, but certainly weird and it takes up about a third of the screen. Not a deal breaker though. As for the other bugs, however, these are serious issues in my opinion and already I’ve felt a great deal of frustration using the new, updated the app, just in the last hour or so. Hopefully these are temporary problems with easy fixes, as I understand with any new major app change, issues are bound to come up.

My original review follows this one in quotes; this is an update. I have tried the lastest version of this app and it seems like it is much, much improved. Everything is very responsive and I have not had a single connectivity problem. My compliments to the developers who have obviously been working hard to fix the issues: kudos! From approximately two years ago: “I have a very fast internet connection (50 down/5 up) so when this app CONTINUALLY complains about losing its connection, this can only be a problem with your servers. I love the web interface; it's a shame that this app does not live up to it.”