Can you have 2 Lichess accounts?

Lichess rules say that you are NOT allowed to create multiple accounts (It says that when you make an account). The only exception is if you create a BOT. You'll need to use a different email address from your current account if you want to create a different account.
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How many accounts can you make on Lichess?

You are not allowed to have multiple accounts unless you have a valid use case. For example, you want another account to play blindfold. If someone abuses the system, we will RIP all of the user's created accounts.
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How many Lichess players are there?

>Around 200000 active members.
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Is Lichess legal?

The majority of Lichess (the Lila open source project) is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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Can we change Lichess ID?

Usernames and team names cannot be changed. Close you account and make a new one. That's the only possible way.
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How do I change my lichess account?

Click your username in the top right corner. Click "Preferences." On the left hand side, you will see a list of options. Near the middle you will see "Change username."
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How do I delete my lichess account?

Go to preferences. Tap Close my account. Type in your password and close it.
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Can you cheat on Lichess?

Cheating is forbidden on Lichess. You must not get any external assistance in your games. You can't use a computer engine to evaluate a position or suggest a move. Doing so will only get your account banned.
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Does Lichess track your IP?

Connection to the lichess.org site

When you connect to the lichess.org site, a certain amount of data is automatically collected by the site host concerning your terminal (such as a computer, smartphone or tablet) and your browser. This particularly includes your IP address.
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How many bullet players are on the LiChess?

in terms of active players there were approx. 250k bullet players, 500k blitz players and 250k rapid players in the past week. many of those players will be the same, so those numbers are not additive.
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How many players play rapid in LiChess?

381,590 Rapid players this week.
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Who is Thibault Duplessis?

Thibault Duplessis is a 31-year-old computer programmer, world traveler and the creator of one of the world's most popular chess servers, LiChess.org. Thibault tells us of the origins of LiChess, the driving philosophy that led him to create it and about his background in both programming and chess.
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How do you get a rating on Lichess?

In order to get on the rating leaderboard you must:
  1. have played at least 30 rated games in a given rating,
  2. have played a rated game within the last week for this rating,
  3. have a rating deviation lower than 75, in standard chess, and lower than 65 in variants,
  4. be in the top 10 in this rating.
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How do I log into Lichess?

We will send you an email containing a link to log you in.
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Can you get IP banned from Lichess?

Lichess IP bans someone if they see repeated cheating incidents, and not with only 1 incident.
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Can you get banned in Lichess?

If someone gets banned, chances he cheated are 99%, this is my opinion. Once a cheater's friend (in bad faith) told me that his friend kept being banned with every account he created because jealous people reported him. According to her, lichess automatically bans everyone above a certain rating if reported.
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How do I remove a lichess ban?

Message to @lovlas a moderator and he might be able to help you. If you are lying though your account will be banned permanently and if it is the truth then they will take that out. Also if u admit that u did u will be allowed to create a new acoount.
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How long does Lichess take to ban?

The last cheater I reported, it took them just over three hours to ban.
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How can you tell if someone is cheating in the Lichess?

How to detect cheating?
  1. Go to the suspicious game and check the time taken by white and black throughout the game. ...
  2. Click on engine analysis. ...
  3. Watch carefully as the analysis runs. ...
  4. After the analysis finishes, please check the values carefully again. ...
  5. Understand a cheat's psychology.
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Can chesscom catch cheaters?

Chess.com takes fair play and cheat-detection very seriously, and we have since our founding. Who has confessed? Meet the team! We understand how frustrating cheating can be for our members.
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Is Lichess better than chess com?

If you want to have the best playing experience and the best chess tactics trainer, chess.com is your pick. If you don't want to pay for all the great services, lichess is the place to go for you.
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How do I know if I am banned from Lichess?

You can tell if someone is shadowbanned if their history tells that they're trying to post, but the posts are not visible and accessible. Otherwise the chatban is not visible to anyone (including the banned person who thinks that everything's normal). If that guy also got banned for foul play, it's just a coincidence.
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Why is my Lichess account closed for no reason?

It means that the account is not opened. Unopened! It means they can come on here and ask why their account is closed. Major reason is that accounts being closed by Lichess when it finds user guilty of not abiding by Terms of Service especially cheating.
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