Jin VS Lichess

Jin

Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java.

Lichess

The complete chess experience, play and compete in tournaments with friends others around the world.

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2019-08-26

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2023-01-04

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Jin and Lichess)

Lichess

Games

2 2%

Games

98% 98

Chess

2 2%

Chess

98% 98

Marketing Platform

15 15%

Marketing Platform

85% 85

Online Games

1 1%

Online Games

99% 99

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Chess.com vs Lichess.org

Chess.com and Lichess.org - just “Lichess” from here on; pronounced as lee-chess - are the two most popular chess servers on the internet.

Source: siddhesh.substack.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Lichess seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 893 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Jin mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Jin yet. Tracking of Jin recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Lichess mentions (893)

How I hacked chess.com with a rookie exploit
Https://lichess.org/ The best I’ve found. It’s also crowd funded and they talk about their interest tech as well. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
So bad at chess that it’s genuinely upsetting at this point, I need some hope
If you want to improve make it your goal to play the best chess you can, not increase an arbitrary number. Watch YouTube series like John Bartholomew's "Climb the Rating Ladder" for some general insight into what you might be doing wrong. Read Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move By Move" to see the thinking process of high level players. Do lots of puzzles (I like lichess.org for puzzles). And always analyze... Source: 4 months ago
Humans vs. Stockfish’s eval function
The easiest way to play against Stockfish is perhaps on https://lichess.org/, but it's not the only chess engine that evaluates positions with a neural network. Source: 5 months ago
The DGPT season opener will be sponsored by chess.com!
If you actually like chess, try lichess.org, the free and open-source, no ads ever, premium alternative. Source: 5 months ago
I got a Chessnut Evo to review, here are my thoughts
The Chessnut Evo works almost flawlessly (I did not experience this issue but people have reported having ChessnutVision stop working on occasion which requires turning on/off to fix) with popular chess sites (officially supported are chess.com, lichess.org, Chess Kid and Chessable). I experienced no major lag when playing games on Lichess through the board There is the unavoidable delay of physically moving... Source: 5 months ago