Discover Chess

The community discussion forum of Lichess, covering chess improvement, platform features, and general chess topics.

Free, feature-rich offline chess training software with engines, tactics, openings, and a unique competition system.

Free open-source tool to download and analyze your games from Lichess or Chess.com with Stockfish in the browser.

Free classroom tool built into Lichess, letting teachers create classes, assign students, and run school tournaments.

Free, open-source cross-platform chess database and PGN viewer with a clean interface for game management.

Free, open-source chess database and analysis GUI for Windows, macOS, and Linux with full engine support.

Free tool to create animated GIF, MP4, and WebM videos from a PGN game for sharing on social media.

Free, open-source chess training app with a clean interface for tactics, opening drills, and game review.

Open-source strategy game server supporting chess variants alongside draughts, Go, Backgammon, Othello, and more.

Free, open-source online chess server supporting over 60 chess variants alongside standard chess.

Open-source chess analysis tool that visualizes evaluation trends and lets you explore your games with engine commentary.

Free, open-source opening repertoire trainer using spaced repetition, compatible with any PGN repertoire file.

Comprehensive wiki covering all aspects of chess engine programming, from search algorithms to evaluation functions.

Online interface to Syzygy endgame tablebases, giving perfect play information for all positions with up to 7 pieces.

Massive open dataset of all Lichess games available for free bulk download in PGN and other formats.

Human-like AI chess engine trained to predict human moves at specific Elo levels, ideal for realistic practice.

Open-source neural network chess engine trained through self-play, offering a distinctive style compared to classical engines.

The world's strongest open-source chess engine, used for analysis in virtually every major chess platform.

Free, open-source online chess platform with zero ads, zero paywalls, and a full suite of play and training tools.