Lichess game analysis, and how to get more from it
Lichess offers free, unlimited server-side analysis on every game. It runs Stockfish, reports centipawn loss and accuracy per player, and marks inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders. Games can be exported as PGN for analysis in other tools.
Use real games
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What Lichess gives you
Request analysis on any game and Lichess queues it server-side, then annotates every move with an evaluation and a label. It is genuinely unlimited and genuinely free, which is unusual and worth saying plainly — the site is a non-profit and does not gate analysis behind a tier.
The learn-from-mistakes mode replays the positions where you went wrong and asks you to find the move instead, which is a better use of the same data than reading the list.
- Unlimited server-side analysis, no account tier
- Centipawn loss and accuracy per player
- Opening explorer and tablebase built in
- Full PGN export with annotations
Getting games out
Lichess exposes a public API for game export, and individual games can be downloaded as PGN from the game page. That makes it straightforward to move your history into another tool without re-entering anything.
The API needs no authentication for public games, which is why most third-party analysis sites can import from a username directly.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lichess analysis free?
Yes, entirely and without limits. Lichess is run as a non-profit and does not restrict analysis by account tier.
What engine does Lichess use?
Stockfish, both for server-side analysis and for the in-browser engine on the analysis board.
Can I export my Lichess games?
Yes. Individual games download as PGN from the game page, and the public API exports history in bulk.