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Does anyone play on any other chess websites?

I only play on Lichess, but I have heard my friends talk about other websites they play on.

Do any of you play on multiple websites? If so, which ones? How do they compare to Lichess?
not anymore.

but I have played on dozens (probably more) of websites.
Kinda depends what you are looking for
chess.com: largest population so assuming you not overly strong fastest to get a game
chessclub.com: Oldest, must pay to play. Has more strong players than other sites.

And no one plays fide-arena. That one is total failure
Actually, chess.com has a lot more stronger players present at anytime compared to any other sites. Chess.com also hosts events, such as the GM Blitz battles featuring the world top 10, as well as the famous Titled Tuesdays event where several hundreds of titled players including Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen take part in.

I could go on all day but having played both on Lichess and Chess.com I can guarantee you Chess.com is superior in all aspects.
The truth is that no other chess site compares to lichess.org. Chess.com doesn't even come close. Lichess has a superior interface, is more easily accessible, a better tournament system, has way way way more features, not to mention less lag. Finally, lichess is completely free, with NO ADS. Pretty much any other site, including Chess.com, requires you to pay a regular fee to have access to many of their basic features. Chess24 has an awful interface. ICC is good, with the strongest player pool of all the sites, but it lacks a lot that lichess has, and isn't as accessible to new users. Chess.com lags horribly. Plus, most other sites have the completely illogical .1 second cost to premoves, which any respectable bullet player will tell you is not preferable.

Also, some things lichess has that other sites don't: Chess insights, best move arrows, time on the clock by each move made, chess Twitch streams accessible on the main page, instructional features like chess basics, coordinates, and practice, and a video library. I am not sure if other sites have simultaneous exhibitions as readily available, or if they can exceed 125 players if they do. Lichess listens to its player base more than any other site.

The thing is, I can convince you all day that lichess is the best. The best way to find out is to check out other sites as well, and realize it for yourself. So do that if you want to formulate your own opinion. Looking at it objectively, you will no doubt find that no site compares to lichess.
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I played in chess.com for years. This site kicks it's ass 100-0

This is the BEST free chess site for playing there is. I would only compare this site to ICC:

ICC has less lag (because it is not browser based) and it's faster to get an opponent in my playing level there (this will go away as Lichess grows).

Lichess has a better interface (ICC has a good set up for playing too, but you can't find all the features as easily as here). Lichess has more potential to grow, since this is a free site.

I didn't play in ICC long enough to determine how good their cheat detection is, but this site has the BEST cheat detection out of all free sites. It beats chess.com cheat detection, because reporting a cheater is so much easier. It feels like chess.com wants to hide the problem, by "hiding" the way to report a cheater. Here the link is in everybody's profile!

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