Club night
Blitz at Schachklub Nord
Nordstadt · 1.8 km away
Chess over video chat
Play the world
around you.
Rated chess where you actually see your opponent. Find players nearby, play face to face, then meet over a real board.
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Online chess gave youten million opponentsand took awaythe face across the table.
CommuniChess puts it back. Every game can be played face to face over video, and it shows you who's playing a few streets away tonight.
- Video chat while you play
- One-tap matchmaking
- Players near you
- Club nights & tournaments
- Blitz · Rapid · Chess960
- Game review with accuracy
- Friends & challenges
- Community feed
- Free forever
See who you're playing
Video chat, right
next to the board.
Live video and audio with your opponent, every game. Read their face when they blunder. Say good game and mean it.
Peer to peerStraight between the two of you. Never through a server.
Camera and mic, your callTurn either off any time, or never switch them on.
Report from the tileOne tap to report and block, right where you see it.
Chess has a location again
See who's playing
down the street.
A live map of players around you. Challenge them tonight, or settle it over a real board on Saturday.
7
players within 5 km
2.4 km
to your nearest rival
No lobbies, no waiting rooms
One tap.
You're in a game.
Press Find Game. We pair you with someone at your level, set up the board, and accept for both of you.
Want Blitz, Rapid or 960? Challenge a friend directly.
SEARCHING
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6 players in the queue
Standard · 5+0 · Rated
Over the board
The best games still happen in person.
Club nights, meetups and rated tournaments near you, sorted by distance. Tournament listings import themselves.
Tournament
NRW Open, Round 3
Stadthalle · 6.2 km away
Casual meet
Coffee & Chess in the park
Volkspark · 3.1 km away
Running something? Submit it and everyone nearby sees it.
Play it your way
Blitz, Rapid,
and Chess960.
Eight time controls, rated or casual, standard or Freestyle 960. Real Lichess clocks, real Lichess ratings.
Blitz
3+03+25+05+3
Rapid
10+010+515+015+10
5 + 0 · RATED
4:13
vs4:01
Premove, auto-queen and takebacks, exactly where you expect them.
After the handshake
Find out exactly
where it turned.
Accuracy for both players and your rating change, every game. Step through the replay move by move.
Move-by-move replayArrow-key navigationFull game history
The part around the games
A community, not a matchmaking server.
People you keep playing, a feed of what they're up to, and the tools to remove anyone who ruins it.
Friends & challenges
Search anyone, see who's online, challenge them at any time control.
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A feed worth reading
Post a thought, or share a Lichess game and it renders as a proper game card.
Safety that actually bites
Report or block from anywhere, even the video tile mid-game. Blocked means blocked.
Everywhere you play
Play on whatever
you've got.
The same account on every screen. It's web only for now, with apps coming soon, and it already works on any phone, tablet or desktop.
On the web nowInstallable PWAiOS & Android soon
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is already online.
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