For me it’s just leagues better. The UI/UX is nicer, the lessons are nice videos...

jokethrowaway · on July 10, 2022

The ux is indeed nice but I'm not paying to have stockfish nnue wasm running on my phone.

I personally wouldn't use much more than analysis and I can just get it for free exporting the game.

Puzzles feels like their better quality than lichess but I've heard discording opinions.

Scarblac · on July 10, 2022

For puzzles, Chesstempo was the first site to generate them automatically from games, and it's still the best at them.

throwaway6977 · on July 10, 2022

I disagree with almost everything you just said, as someone who has bounced back and forth for almost 4 years now.

dubeye · on July 10, 2022

The poster only mentioned two things. So you answer just makes me think you just don't admire commercial chess sites!

To take the video lessons, chess.com are clearly leagues ahead of lichess. They can pay the contributors to produce quality productions. You can't really open source the time of experts .

forty · on July 10, 2022

Isn't all open source built from the time of experts? (Not experts in chess, but in programming, design, etc) :)

I mean in theory, nothing prevent a professional chess player to make a nice video lesson and share it for free. And there is no reason to assume this video would not be as good as videos made for money (just like it's the case for software)

edgyquant · on July 13, 2022

We’re talking about chess experts, not programmers

throwaway6977 · on July 10, 2022

I agree with most everything you just said!

edgyquant · on July 13, 2022

Thanks for proving my point those arguing in favor of lichess aren’t being honest

throwaway6977 · on July 15, 2022

You're welcome? Are you always immediately hostile towards people who disagree with you on niche website preferences?

Frankly, who gives a shit about someone's opinion who can't even handle a comment like 'I disagree with you' without hurling personal insults.