Yes, chess.com is the heavy weight champion of all classes concerning market share. But in this fight David vs. Goliath lichess shows an amazing speed. I remember the times - not so long ago - when Lichess first time had 2000+ players online. Now I see sometimes 3200+ .
The speed of growth is enourmous! Because Thibault, Clarkey and some others do a really great job! Nowadays LIchess is already Nr. 3 on the market (chess.com #1, playchess #2, chesscube # 4..) but in the near future Lichess can become the second biggest site out there - to reach chess.com seems possible but it is a matter of some time.
Apart from markete success, there are some things where Lichess is really superior:
-the design of the site is pure beauty! (while chess.com has been never very attractive considering optics)
- and if you look through your past games you will recognize that many people you played against, are kicked, they really do something against cheaters on Lichess - without talking much about it - while on chess.com they catch only the dumbest ones and have a serious cheater problem.
Lichess is an amazing story!
The speed of growth is enourmous! Because Thibault, Clarkey and some others do a really great job! Nowadays LIchess is already Nr. 3 on the market (chess.com #1, playchess #2, chesscube # 4..) but in the near future Lichess can become the second biggest site out there - to reach chess.com seems possible but it is a matter of some time.
Apart from markete success, there are some things where Lichess is really superior:
-the design of the site is pure beauty! (while chess.com has been never very attractive considering optics)
- and if you look through your past games you will recognize that many people you played against, are kicked, they really do something against cheaters on Lichess - without talking much about it - while on chess.com they catch only the dumbest ones and have a serious cheater problem.
Lichess is an amazing story!