Website | Free account | Lichess Patron |
|---|---|---|
| Play and create tournaments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Play and create simultaneous exhibitions | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Correspondence chess with conditional premoves | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Standard chess and 8 chess variants (Crazyhouse, Chess960, Horde, ...) | Yes | Yes |
| Deep Stockfish 11+ server analysis | 30 per day | 30 per day |
| Instant local Stockfish 11+ analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Cloud engine analysis | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Learn from your mistakes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Studies (shared and persistent analysis) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Chess insights (detailed analysis of your play) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| All chess basics lessons | Yes | Yes |
| Tactical puzzles from user games | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Opening explorer (62 million games!) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 7-piece endgame tablebase | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Download/Upload any game as PGN | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced search through Lichess 1.5 billion games | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Chess video library | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Forum, teams, messaging, friends, challenges | Yes | Yes |
| Available in 80+ languages | Yes | Yes |
| Light/dark theme, custom boards, pieces and background | Yes | Yes |
| Zero ads | Yes | Yes |
| No tracking | Yes | Yes |
| All features to come, forever | Yes | Yes |
Mobile | Free account | Lichess Patron |
| Online and offline games, with 8 variants | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, Classical and Correspondence chess | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Arena tournaments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Board editor and analysis board with Stockfish 11+ | Yes | Yes |
| Tactics puzzles | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Available in 80+ languages | Yes | Yes |
| Light and dark theme, custom boards and pieces | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & Android phones and tablets, landscape support | Yes | Yes |
| Zero ads, no tracking | Yes | Yes |
| All features to come, forever | Yes | Yes |
Support Lichess | Free account | Lichess Patron |
| Contribute to Lichess and get a cool looking Patron icon | - | Yes |
| $0 | $5/month |
Yes, both accounts have the same features!
That is because Lichess is built for the love of chess.
We believe every chess player deserves the best, and so:
all features are free for everybody, forever!
If you love Lichess, Support us with a Patron account!