Not true. It is working for everyone else. The problem is at your end. You probably just need to sign in to Lichess on the app.
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It is very true that Chessnut does not have the option of lichess. Besides, how can you sign in when the option lichess is inactive i.e. you ca no longer click on it. Lichess is off for everyone and it is not just me, Chessnut app the same app for everyone. It is either a technical issue from Chessnut company end or they have stopped offering lichess platform.
Apr 22, 2025
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SpanishStallion wrote:
It is very true that Chessnut does not have the option of lichess. Besides, how can you sign in when the option lichess is inactive i.e. you ca no longer click on it. Lichess is off for everyone and it is not just me, Chessnut app the same app for everyone. It is either a technical issue from Chessnut company end or they have stopped offering lichess platform.
You should contact Chessnut e-mail support at contact@chessnutech.com. They will explain to you the exact steps you need to perform in order to get lichess working for you again.
I have done everything including several of my friends who have excatly the same problem. I believe Chessnut has deactivated lichess and offers only chess.com platform for iphone 16 users.
May 14, 2025
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You should first ‘bind’ your account in the Chessnut app with your Lichess account. You can do that in the Chessnut app. Having done that you can connect easily with Lichess and play on Lichess with your Chessut board.
Works perfect 
Chessnut now works with both chess.com and lichess.
Mar 1, 2026
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#8
It is now March 2026 and this issue still exists. After playing for about a month on my Chessnut Pro I am now unable to connect and play on Lichess. Chess.com works fine. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling my New Chessnut App on my laptop. That's about the only thing I know how to do without worrying about screwing up something else.
I have the same problem if I use New Chessnut on my IPhone or my IPad Pro.
It doesn't look as if anyone on this thread has found a solution either. I've uploaded a video for the Tech Support at Chessnut to look at. (I'm not sure how watching the board fail connect will give them any more information than my telling them the board fails to connect.)
If there's a solution, you'd think Chessnut would have it. From what I'm reading on this site, I'm certainly not the first to have this difficulty.
Mar 1, 2026
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#9
stevepb wrote:
It is now March 2026 and this issue still exists. After playing for about a month on my Chessnut Pro I am now unable to connect and play on Lichess. Chess.com works fine. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling my New Chessnut App on my laptop. That's about the only thing I know how to do without worrying about screwing up something else.
I have the same problem if I use New Chessnut on my IPhone or my IPad Pro.
It doesn't look as if anyone on this thread has found a solution either. I've uploaded a video for the Tech Support at Chessnut to look at. (I'm not sure how watching the board fail connect will give them any more information than my telling them the board fails to connect.)
If there's a solution, you'd think Chessnut would have it. From what I'm reading on this site, I'm certainly not the first to have this difficulty.
Chessnut does have a solution, I've seen it posted on FB and Reddit. If you contacted chessnut support, they should explain to you what you need to do, or you can do your own search to find the solution. Have searched Lichess forums for the solution?
In IOS (iPhone, IPad) App click on your account name (you will get the User Info page) and bind the app with your Lichess Account.
Also Chessnut team have not updated their app and have not added any new features and functions for ages now!
Mar 2, 2026
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I checked and the New Chessnut App and it is bound to Lichess. So that's not the problem, apparently.
Yes, it is connected
Mar 4, 2026
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#14
you should use the chess connect app as people are getting banned for using the chessnut app.
My chessnut app works perfectly! Chessconnect causes too many issues
Mar 4, 2026
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#17
SpanishStallion:
It sounds like you were having problems very similar to mine with Chessnut on Lichess. Does your Chessnut app work now? If so, how did you resolve the situation?
It is now over one month that I cannot connect to lichess platform via my chessnut app. It seems chessnut has removed lichess from its app completely.