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[8] [9] The software running Lichess and the design are mostly open source under the AGPL license [10] and other free and non-free licenses. [11] The name Lichess is a "combination of live/light/libre and chess". [12] On February 11, 2015, an official Lichess mobile app was released for Android devices. [13]
A chess engine generates moves, but is accessed via a command-line interface with no graphics. A dedicated chess computer has been purpose built solely to play chess. A graphical user interface (GUI) allows one to import and load an engine, and play against it. A chess database allows one to import, edit, and analyze a large archive of past games.
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Chessbase (for PC) is a common program for these purposes amongst professional players, but there are alternatives such as Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) [14] for Windows, Mac or Linux, Chess Assistant [15] for PC, [16] Gerhard Kalab's Chess PGN Master for Android [17] or Giordano Vicoli's Chess-Studio for iOS. [18]
Online chess saw a spike in growth during the quarantines of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8] This was due to both isolation and the popularity of Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit, which was released in October 2020. [7] [8] Chess app downloads on the App Store and Google Play Store rose by 63% after the show debuted. [9]
[182] [183] Chess app downloads on the App Store and Google Play Store rose by 63% after the show debuted. [184] Chess.com saw more than twice as many account registrations in November as it had in previous months, and the number of games played monthly on Lichess doubled as well.
Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. [3] One of the largest chess platforms in the world, [4] the site has a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available for accounts with subscriptions.