If you're passionate about chess, you'll love this free and open-source chess game, designed with a deep love for the game. Available both online and offline, this app invites you to dive into the world of chess without any cost. With an impressive user base of 150,000 daily players and growing, you can engage in various chess formats including bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess. Test your skills in arena tournaments, challenge friends, and follow top players to elevate your game.

Track your progress with detailed game statistics and sharpen your tactics with chess puzzles. The app offers a wide array of chess variants such as Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King of the Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, and Racing Kings, which you can enjoy both online and offline. Dive deep into your games with local computer analysis or get comprehensive server-based analysis complete with move annotations and game summaries.

Explore openings and endgames with our unlimited opening explorer and endgame tablebase explorer. Whether you're playing against the offline computer or challenging friends in Over The Board mode, the app caters to all your chess needs. Additionally, the standalone chess clock offers multiple time settings to suit your preference, and the board editor allows for custom setups.

Available in 80 languages and optimized for both phones and tablets with landscape mode support, this app ensures a seamless experience for chess enthusiasts worldwide. Best of all, it's 100% free, ad-free, and open-source, just like the renowned platform [lichess.org](https://lichess.org). This application is released under the GPL v3 license, ensuring it remains free and ad-free forever.

For those interested in the technical aspects, the source code for the mobile application is accessible at [https://github.com/veloce/lichobile](https://github.com/veloce/lichobile), and the source code for the website and server can be found at [https://lichess.org/source](https://lichess.org/source).

What's New in the Latest Version 8.0.0

Last updated on Dec 10, 2022

We're committed to enhancing your chess experience with continuous updates featuring new functionalities, improvements, and bug fixes. For more details on release versions, visit [https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases](https://github.com/veloce/lichobile/releases).