Getting Started

To get started with chess online you’ll need to use one of the internet’s many chess websites, but how can you choose the best one?

We recommend ‘Lichess’ for two reasons:

• Lichess is totally free and the organisation is non-profit, we think you’ll agree their website it slick and accessible
• We have produced a free Teachable course to help newcomers to online chess with finding their way around the site, to access this click the “teachable course” words below