ornicar

Joined 15 years ago

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http://lichess.org
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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
These are just the most recent. ATM there are 10,722 active patron accounts.
Comment · 4 years ago
You can request server analysis for your own games, up to 40 per day. They use fishnet.
Comment · 11 years ago
Indeed. Lichess also does autopairing, so when someone else creates a 10+10 game, you'll get paired without anyone needing to scan the seek list.
Comment · 11 years ago
To quote happy0: "the plan is to avoid business!"

For more info, see http://lichess.org/blog/U4skkUQAAEAAhIGz/why-is-lichess-free

Also note that we suck at marketing, but it doesn't matter, since we don't do it at all.

Comment · 11 years ago
Well it's open source (https://github.com/ornicar/lila), and all features are for free, forever, without any ads. That certainly puts it apart form other chess services I know.
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Haha I remember that one! A very, very nasty mistake from me. Lichess was comparing your token to black token, and if it didn't match, it was just assuming that you were the white player. How silly :D

I must mention that it was fixed, indeed, years ago.

Comment · 11 years ago
"The only site I ever visit while I work." -- edw519

That's the best testimonial I ever read about lichess. Permission to quote requested.

Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
lichess opens only one websocket connection, on a port between 9021 to 9029. That port range prevents a weird behavior on firefox when the connection is interrupted.
Comment · 13 years ago
thanks for the feedback, I will apply the suggested change soon.

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