We're sorry to see @Chess24com is being shut down, as many people predicted after the takeover. Diversity in the chess ecosystem is essential to avoid stagnation.
Lichess is a charity and will never be sold. Free chess, for everyone, forever!
History has been made! We have a new challenger for the World Chess Championship:
Congratulations to 17-year-old Gukesh for winning the 2024 #FIDECandidates - the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship match!
FIDE Director General Emil Sutovsky said in an interview that FIDE is the only non-profit chess body.
Surely it was an honest mistake, but Lichess, the second largest chess website in the world with more than 5 million games played daily, is a registered French non-profit.
Fun fact: @ChessifyMe uses Lichess's board and Stockfish as its engine, both free and open source. Every dish is better with cheese it seems! As a paid ambassador perhaps you shouldn't throw stones at the free things they profit from.
You can download all rated games (4 billion standard games!) played on Lichess from our database.
Use them for research, commercial purpose, publication, anything you like.
You can download, modify and redistribute them, without asking for permission.
database.lichess.org
