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Lichess beta on Windows Pc

Developed By: lichess.org

License: Free

Rating: 4,9/5 - 128 votes

Last Updated: September 11, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 0.9.7
Size 155.3 MB
Release Date September 11, 24
Category Board Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (3)]

What's New:
We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.Release versions and more informations are available at:https://github.com... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations.
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Lichess beta and play on Windows PC. Lichess beta is free Board game, developed by lichess.org. Latest version of Lichess beta is 0.9.7, was released on 2024-09-11 (updated on 2024-09-11). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Lichess beta is 4,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 128 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 113 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Lichess beta on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Lichess beta on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Lichess beta on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Lichess beta using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Lichess beta" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Lichess beta on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Lichess beta" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations.
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.

The new application is still in beta. The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with Stockfish 16 locally or Stockfish 16.1 on the server
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- system colours on Android 12+
- translated into 55 languages
We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.