Lichess or chess.com- which one is better

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meerkat59

Chess.com 👍

A76_Creations

nah lichess is better

A76_Creations

Lichess is better because its free and its good for kids ig.

Or u can use dr. wolf bro im using it!?

whiteknight1968

The other site would have closed this topic by now, for some reason its a forbidden question there.

MaetsNori
A76_Creations wrote:

Lichess is better because its free

Chess.com is also free (you don't have to purchase a membership).

SwordofSouls2023

Chess.com > lichess if you are titled

lichess > chess.com if you aren't

whiteknight1968

I suspect that you may be correct.

Over the years, I have sometimes had a message "your opponent violated our fair play policy", accompanied by a points refund.

I have never, ever seen this on Lichess.

BigChessplayer665

Chess.com is better if your competitive

Lichess is better for casual players

BigChessplayer665

@whiteknight1968 I got that once on lichess I suspect cheaters get put into a separate pool instead of being banned but in my experience people on lichess don't cheat 95-99% of them are legit . It isn't infested with cheats in fact I'm usually the one getting framed for cheating on lichess lol

Maybe people just don't cheat that much on lichess and all the cheaters go to chess.com 😑

bewtyhul

I prefer Chess.com
Chess.com has more training resources (videos/puzzle features), and I prefer the User Interface over Lichess.org
In addition, I enjoy playing 4 player chess which seems to be only available on Chess.com

Ziryab
bloody_wallet wrote:

should I be playing on chess.com or lichess? which one has more accurate ELO system, which one has better puzzles, more services, etc.

My chessdotcom rapid rating is below my USCF; my lichess is substantially higher. Chessdotcom has far more features, but lichess has some lacking on chessdotcom.

This discussion cannot take place on lichess.

I’m a paying member here and a patron there. Both sites have their merits.

whiteknight1968

"Chess.com is better if your competitive

Lichess is better for casual players"

I'd have to disagree. I play 30/0 and I'm in the top 5% on this site, don't even make the top 30% on Lichess. The average player is way stronger over there.

BigChessplayer665

I'm still around the same Top 5% lichees rapid is a lot stronger but chess.com blitz is stronger than lichess

Ziryab
chesssblackbelt wrote:

I prefer lichess. The premoves are a lot better and it's less laggy than chess.com.

The only lag I experience on either site is the slight delay before the board appears when starting a game on Lichess.

ArtisticBird13
bobby_max wrote:

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nice bro

somyajitdas

Gift me membership happy.png

jeroen75n
It doesn’t matter much. Lichess is completely free and chess.com has some features behind a paywall. To each their own.
whiteknight1968

Lichess has a classical category for slower games, chess.com just lumps everything 10/0 and longer into rapid.

In this respect Lichess is way superior and chess.com "rapid" ratings are totally meaningless.

BigChessplayer665
whiteknight1968 wrote:

Lichess has a classical category for slower games, chess.com just lumps everything 10/0 and longer into rapid.

In this respect Lichess is way superior and chess.com "rapid" ratings are totally meaningless.

Lol blitz chess is the only thing that actually means something on chess.com my rating is low on classical on lichess cause i don't think I've played it in almost a year I just played 3-5 games to check it out and got bored

SweatyFingers6969
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