lichess has a nice clean interface and it is a joy to play on it and also it is nice to have easily exportable games (i am looking at you chess.com!)<p>The one problem with everything free philosophy and relying on donations is that top players are unlikely to play on the site (see FICS vs ICC battles of early 90s where ICC by paying and giving affiliate sales quickly rose to be the dominant force in early net chess despite the questionable morality of taking over original ICS).<p>This presents a problem for someone who has problems getting a good game on lichess.<p>At 2400 on lichess, I either have to play masses of 2100-2200s or computer cheaters. As an FM I&#x27;ve played a few FMs and I think one IM on lichess.<p>On commercial sites (the top 3 being chess.com, ICC, and Playchess) there are incentives to bring in GM caliber players.<p>Again, if you just want a good amateur game, then lichess is a fine choice.