Chess.com alternatives
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I have issues with chess.com and need a new site to play on. I hear good things about lichess. Does anyone have experience with it?
Try "Chessable". https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/all/free/?page=3
Is Yahoo chess still a thing? If so you should try that out.
The lichess app is definitely not as nice to interact with as the chess.com app. Their website seems better though. Could you explain more how their rating is inflated?
Chessable is an alternative to learning chess but I also want somewhere to play matches.
Jan 10, 2026
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TheOtherAlysCooper wrote:
The lichess app is definitely not as nice to interact with as the chess.com app. Their website seems better though. Could you explain more how their rating is inflated?
I'm not sure why it's inflated but I can prove it
https://lichess.org/@/Just_a_chess_noob136
That's me and you can compare my ratings
Just an average player. Wow, that's a huge difference in ratings.
Tec. Do you know why the point gain/loss is so varied against equally rated players? Could it be due to the pauses in play?
Jan 10, 2026
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Apparently as the ratings get higher the gap between cc and lichess ratings becomes smaller
I'm never going to be a good chess player. I more just want to play chess for fun online. Honestly, I wish the rating could be turned off
My highest was just over 1000 on blitz roughly a year ago. So for the past year I've seen my rating fall and rise and never get back to what it was. Would be nice to just play
Tec. That's a good idea
Chessbase is also an option, although I think the player base is smaller and the UI is (in my opinion only) worse than chess.com or lichess
Right now by market volume there is only one realistic competitor of chess.com, which is lichess (that is completely free without the premium membership of chess.com), and I personally use both
