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Website: lichess.org

Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.

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Possibly, redirect from different versions is configured incorrectly on lichess.org. In this case, use the links below:

http://lichess.org    https://lichess.org    http://www.lichess.org    https://www.lichess.org


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someone important      37 days ago  # 24 Feb 2023 + 0 -
site down

svanit      56 days ago  # 4 Feb 2023 + 0 -
why li chess is not working

Guest      65 days ago  # 26 Jan 2023 + 0 -

It is down

Guest      100 days ago  # 22 December 2022 + 0 -

Lichess is an amazing site, but it's been having issues lately.
Hopefully they get sorted out, it's by far the best site, I'm not going to leave it either way.

jan pi wile musi      165 days ago  # 19 October 2022 + 0 -
Works in Incognito (when you're not logged in) but when attempting to login, it's indefinitely spinning & displays Lichess timeout screen after a while. Cache and cookie clear unsuccessful, multiple browsers attempted. Unable to even access forums to report.
Mayday, mayday.

(The body of this messages was taken from the below commentator, @yes)

anon      186 days ago  # + 0 -
Lichess doesn't open.

drbeco      193 days ago  # + 0 -
same today, 21-Sept-2022, as it happened in 08-Oct-2021: server is down for logged users, but works fine if you open it in a private (incognito) window.

yes      540 days ago  # + 0 -
works in Incognito (when you're not logged in) but when attempting to login it's indefinitely spinning & displays Lichess timeout screen after a while. Cache clear unsuccessful, multiple browsers attempted. Unable to even access forums to report.

Guest      577 days ago  # + 0 -
Website, App down

Guest      659 days ago  # + 0 -
website is down