Best/most popular sites to play chess

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The world of chess is expanding due to that there are several popular and reputable websites to play chess online some of which are:



1.  Chess.com
     Chess.com is one of the biggest and well known online chess platforms it offers a wide curriculum of features which include, live chess games, puzzles, analysis, lessons, tournaments and lots of others. Chess.com has a massive community of players ranging from beginners to grandmasters.



2. Lichess.org
    Lichess is a free open source online chess platform which is known for it's easy to navigate user interface and a large player base. It offers a lot of features like chess puzzles, game analysis and analysis board and it go access to the chess database. Lichess is generally free to use and is backed up by donations from the community


3. Chess 24
     Chess 24 is another well known online chess platform which offers live chess games, training videos, puzzles, tournaments etc. Chess 24 is known for conducting high level events and providing quality video content from well known chess players.


4. Internet chess club (ICC)
  ICC is one of the oldest and most established platforms for playing online chess. It offers a variety of playing chess options and it is known for it's competitive atmosphere and professional players


5. Chess kids
      Chess kids is focused towards kids and beginners, creating a safe and fun environment to play and learn chess


  In conclusion there are tons of popular online chess platform the decision to stick to one depends on your ability find the most self suiting platform.
   If you want your kids to get better at Chess while introducing them to a safe, educative and fun platform then you might want to get them registered with chess kids. But on the other hand if you are looking to improve in chess and as play lots of games then you should consider signing up with chess.com or lichess depending on your budget.

To learn more about the similarities and differences between chess.com and lichess check out this post

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