Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Lichess
Free chess experience for anyone, anywhere.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lichess launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…
2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →
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A minimal Emacs client for the Lichess API. Contribute to tmythicator/lichess.el development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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YooChess▲3Free chess game analysis with engine review
Feb 2026 · yoochess.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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blunderchess.net is an open source, peer-to-peer chess app where every five moves, players each get to make one blunder-move for their opponent
2025 · blunderchess.net · its alternatives →
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We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool. https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss There are these really cool smart chessboards that can suggest moves and track your games... but they’re $400 and weigh 19 pounds. And of course there are apps that can analyze games but tracking and inputting games by hand is a huge pain. Or fully-digital chess apps... but board games are way more fun in real life! We wondered: “why can’t you just do that in software and bring the best…
2019 · devpost.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · chessmonitor.com · its alternatives →
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GM Chess▲2Play Chess Online. No Sign-Up. No Ratings. Just Play.
23d ago · gmchess.online · its alternatives →
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Democratizing High Quality Chess Education
May 2026 · chessmasti.com · its alternatives →
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Play chess online for free against computer or friend!
Jan 2026 · free-online-chess.com · its alternatives →
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Free chess training for all levels - no signup, forever free
Jun 2026 · penguinchess.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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My personal project: https://github.com/leonidasdeim/chasse Goal was to build session based chessboard game without any rules - to play just like oldschool over the board. Just create new board and share link with a friend. I would appreciate any feedback and github star. Thanks!
2023 · chasse.fun · its alternatives →
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