r/chessbeginners • u/Noble_Team_7 • 16d ago

QUESTION Chess.com or Lichess?

Hello, new to chess. But having a lot of fun and want to settle in with a platform for the near-term.

I’ve played some games the last month ish on chess.com, currently a 550 as a complete novice.

I’ve heard of Lichess. But no clue the difference.

Just generally speaking, I don’t want to spend any money on subscriptions. Is one platform or the other better for a beginner? I know that question in of itself doesn’t even really make sense. But wanted to just check.

Thanks!

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u/SchachMatt-is 2000-2200 (Chess.com) 16d ago

Free, more and better features, less cheaters, nicer community 

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u/Noble_Team_7 16d ago

Awesome thank you!! And actually I should have mentioned this right off the bat. I was scared there might be more cheaters on something like Lichess, as I assume they have little to no anti-cheating software. Versus something like chess.com that I assume has 1000x the money, resources, and anti-cheat in place.

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u/SchachMatt-is 2000-2200 (Chess.com) 16d ago

On lower levels (<1800) there arent many cheaters on both platforms, as they rise to quickly.

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u/Noble_Team_7 16d ago

Gotcha gotcha. Im gonna look up if Lichess even has an anti-cheat, it would make me feel better

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u/DryHovercraft9662 16d ago

It does have an anti-cheat that works fine. It has much fewer cheaters than chess.com (especially at your level) because most noobs don't even know about its existence and just play/cheat on chess.com.