Lichess Board API
Play on Lichess with physical boards and third-party clients. Works with normal Lichess accounts. Engine play or assistance is [forbidden](https://lichess.org/page/fair-play). ### Features - [Stream incoming chess moves](#tag/board/GET/api/board/game/stream/{gameId}) - [Play chess moves](#tag/board/POST/api/board/game/{gameId}/move/{move}) - [Read](#tag/board/GET/api/board/game/stream/{gameId}) and [write](#tag/board/POST/api/board/game/{gameId}/chat) in the player and spectator chats - [Receive](#tag/board/GET/api/stream/event), [create](#tag/challenges/POST/api/challenge/{username}) and [accept](#tag/challenges/POST/api/challenge/{challengeId}/accept) (or [decline](#tag/challenges/POST/api/challenge/{challengeId}/decline)) challenges - [Abort](#tag/board/POST/api/board/game/{gameId}/abort) and [resign](#tag/board/POST/api/board/game/{gameId}/resign) games - Compatible with normal Lichess accounts ### Restrictions - Engine assistance, or any kind of outside help, is [forbidden](https://lichess.org/page/fair-play) - Time controls: [Rapid, Classical and Correspondence](https://lichess.org/faq#time-controls) only. For direct challenges, games vs AI, and bulk pairing, Blitz is also possible. ### Links - [Announcement](https://lichess.org/blog/XlRW5REAAB8AUJJ-/welcome-lichess-boards) - [Implementation example](https://github.com/lichess-org/api-demo) and [live demo](https://lichess-org.github.io/api-demo/) - [Certabo support](https://github.com/haklein/certabo-lichess) - [Lichs (play from command-line)](https://github.com/Cqsi/lichs) - [Lichess discord bot](https://top.gg/bot/707287095911120968) - [cli-chess](https://github.com/trevorbayless/cli-chess/) - [Blunderly 3D board](https://github.com/maurimo/blunderly) - Yours? Please make [an issue or pull request](https://github.com/lichess-org/api).