The difference between lichess players and another well-known chess platform

Reaons why Lichess is better:

1. Lichess servers doesn't lag (if your connection is good)
2. Lichess servers doesn't crash
3. Lichess players are less toxic
4. Lichess has better moderation
5. Lichess has all features free
6. Lichess gives you unlimited puzzles
7. Lichess gives you unlimited lessons in the "Learn" tab
8. Lichess doesn't have (as many) inactive/botted accounts
9. Lichess players are more skilled on average
10. Lichess doesn't take time off when premoving (if your connection is good)
11. Lichess doesn't have ads
12. Lichess is pretty much completely player-run, as it only operates on donations

The only place where the other chess website is better is probably allowing multiple premoves, except for the fact that they take an entire 0.1 seconds each (which is massive for bullet players)

It is well-known that ratings are generally higher on Lichess for players who use several sites. Some people offer explanations based on the formulae used because they differ. These have some credibility. There are other viable explanations, too.

@lumenial said in #11:
> I have noticed that I can reach the top 1% on chess.com quite easily-- here however, it's much more difficult.
> My current Blitz rating is in the top 25%, and Rapid in top 10%.
> On chess.com, my Rapid rating is in top 1%-- though I haven't been playing there for a year now. My ELO there was around 1650 if I remember correctly.
>
> It makes me feel that the average Lichess player is truly more skilled than the average chess.com user.

Chessdotcom is by far the most popular chess playing site ever. It's popularity brings in vast numbers of beginners. The bottom 70% of players there are beginners, so the average is quite low.

On the other hand, there are more than ten times as many possible opponents there who are better than I am. I've played less than a dozen titled players on Lichess. On the other site, I've defeated more than 150, even though I usually lost to titled players.

Lots of licrap being spoken here. Its true they charge money (chess.com) but they have a larger pool of very good players.
It is easy to get a big rating on this site because of the weak players

On chess.com (i discovered Lichess there was some weeks), i feel play against bot every time, even against players with elo 800/900 who makes never error (or just some light mistake), never saw that a player plays like that in live, sooo

Also, i feel they want sell their subscribe. You can fin free/video on web for progress. Lick purpose some support good i think (not yet discover really).

In rapid, i think the communauty is better on lichess, in standar i don't know just made 2 game on chess and against 2 nice players.
I think best players play on chess.com but the global level is better on Lichess.