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Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by samdg on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:26PM (#29572855)
A feature I was surprised not to see in the "Cleaner page UI during chess games" section: Lichess has a zen mode that maximally simplifies the UI.

It removes the chat, navigation menu, move history notation. You're left with the board, clocks, resign/draw/takeback actions, and move replay.

You can activate it by pressing "Z" during a game, and there's a menu option too.

Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by whoisjohnkid on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:40PM (#29573458)
Yes zen mode is amazing. You’d be surprised at how much better you do when you just focus on the game vs paying attention to your opponents rating.
Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by tomcooks on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:59AM (#29575771)
Anyone not playing Zen mode is doing themselves a huge disfavour. It allows you not to care about your opponents score, nor identity, nor messages.
Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by Freeboots on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:31PM (#29573379)
Oh my god you can turn it on during a game?

Here I am turning it back on via the menu after saying GG each game! What a chum!

Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by elliekelly on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:00AM (#29578787)
Same here! I can’t believe there’s a hot key for this! They really do think of everything.
Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by giords on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:48PM (#29573046)
You can even hide player ratings site-wide, to fully focus only on chess.
Re:Chess.com vs. Lichess by wtf_is_up on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:13PM (#29574373)
Love turning on zen mode and just solving puzzles endlessly.