Which one do people prefer? I’ve personally found the chess.com UI to be a lot warmer and more inviting than lichess, but I’m interested to hear people’s opinions

  • 001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I mean we already use an open source social media platform, why not go all the way? Lichess is completely free and ad-free. The only thing Chess.com do better is the themes, but that’s about it.

  • R7F@slrpnk.net
    2·
    2 years ago

    Lichess runs much, much lighter than Chesscom. I definitely prefer the UI for things like analysis on Chesscom, but like Lichess more overall. If nothing else the amount of free tools (and 0 ads!) makes me appreciate the ethos of Lichess more. Power to the people.

  • dska22@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Lichess, definitely.

    From a technology point of view it’s superb and they have their users and chess as top priority.

    • Scarecrow59@lemmy.one
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same here, I find lichess to be a smoother experience. Although I prefer the rating system on chess.com as it seems to be more accurate to elo ratings. Overall I prefer lichess for no ads, no subscription pestering, and being entirely free.

  • flathead@quex.cc
    1·
    2 years ago

    Just a word of thanks for posting this. Hadn’t used lichess.org before but definitely prefer it - the design is no-nonsense but it has equivalent functionality to chess.com, or so it appears. The fact that it’s committed to providing free service and runs on donations seals the deal and I’ll be happy to chip in because I’m switching.

  • BlunderWoman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    2 years ago

    I use lichess because it’s Foss (and I think the ui is better)

    The main advantages I see with chesscom is that it has better theme and piece set options, and I usually don’t have to wait as long for an opponent.

  • jorge@sopuli.xyzM
    1·
    2 years ago

    Regarding the UI, I guess it is a matter of personal preference, although in lichess you have all the time controls in the front page, one click away, while chess-dot-com only has 10 min games in the front page, and for any other time control you need several more clicks.

    Lichess has unlimited puzzles, which is a huge plus (although it also a huge temptation for procrastination).

    chess-dot-com has better educational material, although nowadays there is lots and lots of high quality material elsewhere.

    I really like lichess’ open source model. But to be fair, chess-dot-com re-invest a lot in supporting tournaments and content creators, so they are also a force for good in the community.

    At the end of the day, they aren’t mutually exclusive. You can use both of them for different things.