"We're not creating value for ourselves, we're creating value for the entire chess community." — Thibault Duplessis, our founder and lead developer, on his vision for Lichess, recent projects, the Take Take Take agreement, interests outside of chess, and more! Watch the interview on YouTube.

"We're not creating value for ourselves, we're creating value for the entire chess community."

Thibault Duplessis, our founder and lead developer, on his vision for Lichess, recent projects, the Take Take Take agreement, interests outside of chess, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtIJd_u-4XU

#lichess #chess #opensource #freesoftware

@thibault sounds like a really kind and thoughtful person. Even if you don't play chess I recommend watching this video if you are worried about #enshittification

Some (slightly edited) extracts:

> I would like to precise that there is no AI involved in that, it's not generative bullshit

> I set three rules from the beginning, rules that we would have to succeed with or fail with but that could not be changed.
> 1. Open source. Everything we make goes immediately to the public, to the common good. We are not creating value for ourselves, but for all the chess players. [...]
> 2. There cannot be any ads, tracking, or spyware, in the software we deliver. People own the service instead of being owned by it. [...]
> 3. Everything has to be free. [...]

> Animals can feel pain, they don't want to die. Since we don't inflict pain on each other, why do we do it to them, why do we kill them?

https://youtu.be/WtIJd_u-4XU

#lichess #resistGenAI #chess

OK, so I lost an atomic chess game against @lichess lvl 3 Stockfish on 3 turns without any boom 💥

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#Lichess

Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for our Inside Lichess: Recap & AMA live stream!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uv8_5e7MBw
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg

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Join us now on YouTube and Twitch for our Inside Lichess: Recap & AMA live stream!

Daily Lichess puzzle: https://lichess.org/training/8DujK

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Renato Terry wins our Blitz Titled Arena April 2026! 🏆️

🏆️ Renato Terry
🥈 Emin Ohanyan
🥉 José Martínez
4️⃣ Matthias Blübaum
5️⃣ Oleksandr Bortnyk
6️⃣ Andy Woodward
7️⃣ Dmitry Andreikin
8️⃣ Frederik Svane
9️⃣ Artem Uskov
🔟 Faustino Oro

All games & full standings: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26bta

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Congratulations to IM Renato Alfredo Terry Luján for winning our Blitz Titled Arena April 2026, ahead of GM Emin Ohanyan, GM José Martínez Alcántara, GM Matthias Blübaum, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk!

Our April 3+0 Blitz Titled Arena starts today at 19:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26bta

Play against some of the titled players in our Warm-up Arena at 18:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr26bua

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