The Lichess Story | ft. Theophilus Wait, Director of Operations

Theophilus Wait, fondly known as Theo is the director of Operations at Lichess and one of the key contributors to the success and development of Lichess. IM Sagar Shah of ChessBase India joins Theo on a walk and we get to know the story of Theo and Lichess up close and in-depth. Enjoy the conversation as they deep dive into the ideals of Lichess, the only free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization.
Video: ChessBase India
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[@rayder3591]

Lichess is so underrated and yet brilliant.

[@TRENDINGKNOWLEDGEINDIA]

Lichess is best for learning. And It is for free. Thanks Lichess team ❤

[@SushobhanPal]

Can I see game reviews for free there ?

[@adityajha7207]

​@@SushobhanPalyup

[@mohammedshoaib1774]

​@@SushobhanPal lichess has all the chesscom features for free...it just lacks in the user interface.

[@rachnagera687]

⁠ya

[@sandipanroy3106]

Nothing but appreciation for the guy ❤

[@satvikmanocha0]

Lichess is truly the goat! Much respect ❤

[@kaytee8716]

How awkward and difficult it would be to walk backwards for Sagar, vut these walking interviews are looking great 👍

[@nis99]

Lichess > Chesscom

[@Paras-ot2qo]

why compare ?

[@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm]

​@@Paras-ot2qo why not comparison is good to improve your product

[@nis99]

@@Paras-ot2qo lichess gives everything for free , may be Chesscom can reduce its prices

[@nisarg411]

True

[@pradiptosensarma1672]

True

[@krishrao2778]

A great resource for Indian youngsters.

[@DivyanshAgarwal-vt7og]

Such a great insight. It is absolutely commendable how they are sticking to their core values in this capitalistic world

[@jackson32]

Lichess is the platform for the more intelligent players who know that they are getting a great place to play chess for free.

[@vatsalmakol7]

Thank you lichess, best website and tool to learn.

[@akhileshdeshmukh1430]

Theo has an amazing voice!

[@higherbeingX]

Been a fan of lichess for years

[@AlexRochette]

Theo is so suave! Is he going to be the new James Bond?

[@milanniraula7649]

He's moving, as chess is all about making moves. BRILLIANT !!

[@gj4769]

sagar bhai leaving no stone unturned . ❤️

[@cratesclouds]

Lichess has a super good UI

[@nadavfranckovich2811]

Love Lichess

[@user-qn9mb9dh6q]

lichess has helped me so much

[@TrondArneAusdal]

I hope licess thrives for many, many years to come!

[@user-tt9js4gq2e]

Initially I hesitate to play or register in Lichess... later, since it doesn't force me to register or annoy by trying to catch me at different platforms, I slowly preferred to be part of Lichess, now everyday I play few games in Lichess in different time formats, sometimes its human/bots, but lists opponents of similar rating of mine with+ or - 50 to 100 points.... It gives fun, joy to play, experiment different ways of playing, even trying stupid games... When I tried 1 minute game in Lichess, I barely able to make 2 or 3 moves, now I am able to make 30 to 40 moves in 1 minute game... Helped improve game, even though I am 1500 rating... Playing for fun, soul satisfaction 😂

[@sujaygarg735]

Lichess = Best Hope for an open platform, GG guys!

[@stephanieellison7834]

This is FANTASTIC! I'm so happy that CB India and Lichess have gotten together for this interview. I'm not much of a chess player, and I focus primarily on chess puzzles, which is enjoyable for me and far less stressful than one-on-one chess.

[@shackledore]

Great job sagar in bringing attention to this great organization

[@VaRag98]

Love Lichess ❤❤

[@sensiesama2713]

If lichess would invest a little in their marketing they'd do wonders

[@ToewaiAung-ue8po]

Viva la Lichess!

[@nirbhaykumarchaubey8777]

Lichess is opensource, and free ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RamendraKumarramu91]

Lichess is the best..🎉❤

[@johanneswww]

Awesome video!

[@gregg3457]

Thank You Sagar! I love you and Lichess too!

[@toSirius]

lichess is no1 by far for me.

[@trevpr1]

Free chess . For everyone. Forever.

[@abhigyandatta2008]

He's the Linus Torvalds of Chess.

[@arun-it9gr]

You mean thibault

[@ashishacharyanp]

Thank you Lichess 🐴

[@Patil.Vikram]

Raising tides raises all boats~ for a community an excellent quote.

[@divyakumar05]

Lichess is a very good platform to learn chess.

[@yamgaming7]

❤

[@dylanwelch2269]

Lichess is King

[@hermit25]

there could be a chess match between danny and theo .

[@SushobhanPal]

Samay be like : Gaddari korbe 😂

[@catalanicsurya3089]

Chup bangali

[@SushobhanPal]

Great podcast but i think its not the right time to post it sagqr bhai .

[@agnibhohomchowdhury]

lichess >>>>>>

[@SubhraneelDas]

Lichess OP Golden horsey also OP🐴

[@Interspirituality]

I would pay good money for a course on walking backwards 😂

[@arungupta3838]

Ye theo kam sandeep zyada lag raha hai

[@nagarajpn9279]

Theo kam matlab?

[@arungupta3838]

@@nagarajpn9279 matlab nam angrej jaisi hai par dikne me south asian zyada hai

[@mxhxsh]

Wasn't expecting that accent lol

[@BashDroid]

I know Sagar is tying something new with these types of walking interview, but it is hard to listen to this interview in my headphone the background noises are very annoying. I hope he gets a good microphone with better noise cancellation.

[@arun-it9gr]

KZbin has subs..

[@LaggardInLove]

Is Mr Wait Indian, or partly?

[@am_i_shashank]

Without lichess, I wouldn't be able to improve my chess skills

[@TheMarsuplami]

lichess is the best

[@rachnagera687]

Lichess zindabad

[@Ashu-ww9qj]

u

[@kaytee8716]

True communism ❤

[@kennstedas]

kinda akward filming. good interview though

[@THEFIREFLYS-lv5xu]

Lichess is best the only problem is they have less players so the matchmaking takes time

[@spiritual_audiobooks]

How much time? For me mostly around 1 s. What is your pref. time control?

[@Yourmamaspapa]

Mine takes time may be elo problem ​@@spiritual_audiobooks

[@toSirius]

fastest matchmaking time for me. check your filters

[@dumplings-wp2yi]

can i have theo’s email

[@kleefan8]

Thanks Sagar for the great interview. I came from the open source software community, so was delighted when I returned to chess after a very long absence, to find lichess. This interview was very informative. I hope one day that Lichess can provide some of the functionality that Chessbase and Chessify do. As an aspiring chess player and open source advocate, I would love for my chess toolbox to be free and open source!