LiChess August Updates

By GilaChess - September 23, 2026

 I am a big supporter of open source and I've always favoured LiChess of Chess.com

Here are the latest changes andd improvements to LiChess.


At a glance

  • New theme options on the website - select your name/the ⚙️ icon on the top bar and then Theme to try them:
    • An all-new special light theme with a custom background image. In the Theme menu, set it to Light and toggle on Background image to try it.
    • Adjustable background image opacity for background image themes, making many parts more readable in both light and dark styles.
    • Customise how round the website is, from straight to very round edges on nearly every part of the user interface.
      New theme options - background image on light theme, opacity, and roundness
  • Major mobile app improvements:
    • Get notifications for broadcasts for tournaments and FIDE players you follow.
    • Sign in by email, which resolved common sign-in issues. If you or your friends had issues signing into the app in the past, now is the time to try it again.
    • Play against Maia offline, an engine designed to mimic human play.
    • Go even darker with the AMOLED black theme. Being pure black, it complete turns off the pixels, saving you battery life on AMOLED screens.
      Preparing a game against Maia in the new AMOLED black theme
  • Analysing correspondence games on web is more convenient: copy sub-variations, prune to the main line, both accessible from the right-click menu on moves.
  • We now include computer annotations in imported games you download from the website.
Full changes here: https://lichess.org/changelog


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