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Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games .
A premove is an instruction given by a player to a chess program to make a certain move on a following turn if possible. Premoving is a feature exclusive to online chess. It is offered by many chess websites, including the Internet Chess Club, the Free Internet Chess Server, Chess.com, and Lichess. Chess.com allows players to make multiple ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is a volunteer-run online chess platform. When the original Internet Chess Server (ICS) was commercialized and rebranded as the Internet Chess Club (ICC) in 1995, a group of users and developers came together to fork the code and host an alternative committed to free access, and a rivalry between the two servers persisted for years.
Today, chess engines may be installed as software on ordinary devices like smartphones and PCs, [3] either alone or alongside GUI programs such as Chessbase and the mobile apps for Chess.com and Lichess (both primarily websites). [4] Examples of free and open source engines include Stockfish [5] and Leela Chess Zero [6] (Lc0).
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.
The tablebases of all endgames with up to seven pieces are available for free download, and may also be queried using web interfaces. [28] Research on creating an eight-piece tablebase started in 2021. [29] During an interview with Google in 2010, Garry Kasparov said that "maybe" the limit will be 8 pieces. Because the starting position of ...