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lichess • Free Online Chess on Windows Pc

Developed By: lichess.org

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 160.290 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 8.0.0
Size 49.2 MB
Release Date February 06, 23
Category Board Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]

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:
Built for the love of chess, this app is open source and free for all.

- 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast.
- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download lichess • Free Online Chess and play on Windows PC. lichess • Free Online Chess is free Board game, developed by lichess.org. Latest version of lichess • Free Online Chess is 8.0.0, was released on 2023-02-06 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000,000. Overall rating of lichess • Free Online Chess is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 160,290 users, 21,547 users had rated it 5*, 110,337 users had rated it 1*.

How to play lichess • Free Online Chess on Windows?

Instruction on how to play lichess • Free Online Chess on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install lichess • Free Online Chess 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 • Free Online Chess 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 • Free Online Chess" 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 • Free Online Chess 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 • Free Online Chess" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Built for the love of chess, this app is open source and free for all.

- 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast.
- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess
- Play in arena tournaments
- Find, follow, challenge players
- See your games stats
- Practice with chess puzzles
- Many variants, available online and offline: Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, Racing Kings
- Game analysis with local computer evaluation
- Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary
- Unlimited opening explorer
- Endgame tablebase explorer
- Play with offline computer
- Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend
- Standalone chess clock with multiple time settings
- Board editor
- Available in 80 languages
- Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode
- 100% free, without ads, and opensource!

Just like https://lichess.org, this application is open source and free software (GPL v3). It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever.

Source code of the mobile application: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile
Source code of the website and server: https://lichess.org/source
We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.

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