Lichess Disclaimer
⚠ This software is ONLY for Lichess BOT accounts.
Lichess Bot Controller is a tool for players who want to operate a registered Lichess BOT account with strong, automatic gameplay.
It is NOT:
- An unfair advantage for your regular Lichess account.
- A way to boost your human rating.
- Affiliated with, endorsed by, or developed by lichess.org.
The short version
Lichess officially supports bot accounts. They have a dedicated API (/api/bot/*) and BOT-prefix titles for them. Running a bot on a BOT account is 100% legal and encouraged by Lichess.
Running a bot on a human account is cheating. It will get you banned — permanently. We take no responsibility for that.
What you must do before buying
- Register a new Lichess account (or have an existing account with zero rated games).
- Upgrade it to a BOT account using Lichess's official API endpoint:
POST https://lichess.org/api/bot/account/upgrade.
This action is irreversible. You cannot convert a BOT account back into a regular account. - Generate an API token at lichess.org/account/oauth/token with the "Bot: Play games" scope.
- Use that token in Lichess Bot Controller.
If you don't have a BOT account, do not buy this software. It will refuse to operate against human opponents on a human account anyway, and Lichess will ban the account on the first game.
What happens if I use it on a human account?
- Lichess anti-cheat will detect it quickly (usually within 5–50 games).
- Your Lichess account will be permanently closed. No appeal.
- We will not refund you.
- You agreed to this when you bought the software.
What Lichess thinks of bots
Lichess fully supports bots as a feature. You can play against 150+ registered bots right now. They participate in dedicated bot tournaments. Some have 3200+ Elo ratings. Nobody gets banned for this.
You can be one of them.
Trademark
"Lichess" is a trademark of its respective owners. We use the name only to describe interoperability and compliance with their public API. We are not affiliated with lichess.org.