Lichess · Rate Limits

Lichess Rate Limits

Lichess applies multiple per-endpoint rate-limiting strategies to keep the public API responsive for everyone. All limits are enforced server-side; the official guidance is to make only one request at a time and to back off on HTTP 429. There is no formal published quota table. Limits are documented inline in the OpenAPI per-endpoint description, with example values surfaced in this file.

Lichess Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Lichess on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 16 rate-limit definitions.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled and quotaExceeded.

Tagged areas include Chess, Rate Limiting, and Fair Use.

16 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 Quota: 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-25.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-25 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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ChessRate LimitingFair Use

Limits

Export one game
Export games by user
Export games by IDs
Get current games
Stream incoming events
Make a board move
Stream bot game state
Create a challenge
Bulk pairing creation
Create Arena tournament
Create Swiss tournament
Opening Explorer (Masters/Lichess/Player)
Tablebase
Cloud eval
External Engine
Broadcasts push PGN

Sources

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