Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by beforeolives on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:08PM
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Yes, lichess is by far the best platform and a great example of an open source project. The founder had an AMA on reddit a few days ago, it was a very wholesome read - https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/mpasyl/i_started_lic...
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Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by Agentlien on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:09AM
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I love the founder's friendly attitude and the idea of an open platform with a strong community.
It reminds me of Dwarf Fortress. Admittedly, DF is not open source, but it's free with a wonderful community and a very transparent development process supported by donations.
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by CamelCaseName on Friday April 16, 2021 @08:22PM
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I loved everything about this thread. Thank you for sharing.
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by alfiedotwtf on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:17PM
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I've always just used the chess.com app, and have never thought to look for alternatives. Apart from using Open Source, is there any other reason for me to consider switching to lichess?
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by spuz on Saturday April 17, 2021 @01:27AM
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Free unlimited analysis of your games. Free unlimited puzzles. Basically any reason you might pay for chess.com, lichess has it for free.
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by alfiedotwtf on Saturday April 17, 2021 @08:21PM
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Free unlimited puzzles? Oh ok... that’s why I pay the highest subscription level on chess.com. Wow, that’s cool
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by yewenjie on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:59AM
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No ads, no tracking, all features free forever for everyone.
Re:Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform
by nickysielicki on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:05AM
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It's just better made all around. The site is sleek. The game renders well, doesn't lag at all even on very old and underpowered devices. The analysis on lichess with wasm stockfish was stolen by chess.com -- there are no premium features and no ads. There is simply no good reason to use any other site.