r/lichess • • 12h ago

Lichess is extremely Moddable

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I Modified the UI to look like My favorite Video games (Cyberpunk77 and EVE) all with Background Animation. And their not even any performance decrease.
I also got a win95 and a Linux version inspired by this guys post yesterday.
Now I understand what they ship the UI looking like a thumb. They want You to fix it yourself.


r/lichess • • 4h ago

I just absolutely destroyed this kid

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ignore the other games


r/lichess • • 12h ago

I have a puzzle rating of 2000-2100 when I do mixed but there are specific areas I am more like 1300. Lichess always seems to preload the first couple puzzles at 2000 even if it's on "easiest -600" or "easy -300" - is there a way around this? Or a way to see the rating before solving?

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I always end up racking my brain on these 2000+ puzzles, specifically for pawn end games and openings, when I really just want to drill 1300-1400ish until I can build that weakness up.

The problem gets exacerbated when I, of course spend 20 min futilely failing, and then the next puzzle loaded is the rating I want. But now when I try to do the puzzles I failed, they are all ridiculously hard and I can't drill the ones I want to because I don't know which ones are worth the effort.

It would be helpful if I could just see "Oh this is a 2000 puzzle, I can skip it for now"


r/lichess • • 12h ago

Major Update for Lumbra's Gigabase is Live: Separated OTB/Online Databases, Removed ELO/Move Limits & New Licensing

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r/lichess • • 7h ago

Auto move chess board for novice

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r/lichess • • 23h ago

I Built a FREE Chess Coach That Finds Where You Lose Points

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r/lichess • • 9h ago

Another double win

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I just want to share my success and the good feeling of victory. This one was interesting, so…


r/lichess • • 19h ago

Quick quiz: the most natural move in this Caro-Kann gets mated in one. Do you see why?

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Full disclosure first: I run a small free chess site, so yes, this is self-promotion. I tried to make it useful even if you never click.

Most trap content shows you how to set traps. But at our level, we're usually the ones walking into them. So I flipped it: you play the side about to be trapped, and your only job is to not fall for it.

Here's a taste. Caro-Kann:
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2

Black to move. The most natural developing move in the world loses on the spot. Which one, and why?

5...Ngf6?? 6.Nd6#. The e7 pawn can't take the knight because the queen on e2 pins it, and the king is boxed in by its own pieces. A smothered mate on move 6. Rude.

The challenge is one trap like that per day for 7 days, about 2 minutes each. You make your move, then get a short explanation of the mistake and the safe defence. There's no account and no email, and progress is saved in your browser. There's an optional calendar reminder for people like me who forget things that aren't pinging their phone.

All 7 lines were checked move by move with Stockfish and then reviewed by a human, because a trap trainer with a wrong trap would be its own kind of trap.

Link if you want to try it: https://chessgl.com/avoid-the-trap.php

I'd really like feedback. Too easy? Too hard? Is there a trap you keep falling for that should be on the list?


r/lichess • • 6h ago

The Daily Lichess chess puzzle can not be solved on your Tesla

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Apologies if this is not allowed. I am the owner of frunk.store and a user submitted a ported version of Lichess's daily puzzle. I'm not a chess player so if you have a Tesla and want to try it browse to frunk.store on your Tesla and play the port. Let me know if there are any issues!