Chess Leaderboard Screensaver
The Chess Leaderboard screensaver ranks the world's top-rated chess players across time controls, drawn key-less and live from Lichess's public API. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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Press ESC to leave fullscreen. Settings are saved in your browser only.
How the Chess Leaderboard screensaver works
The saver fetches Lichess's real current top-players leaderboard for your chosen time control, with no key required.
Each player ranks with their real username and current rating.
Choose bullet, blitz, rapid or classical to see a different real leaderboard.
The board refreshes on a schedule to track real rating changes.
A worked example
Set it to Blitz and the real current top-rated blitz players on Lichess appear in order — a genuine, live leaderboard, not a static list.
Settings & tips
- Time control switches between bullet, blitz, rapid and classical leaderboards.
- Accent recolours the rank numbers.
- This is distinct from the site's Lichess TV saver, which streams a single live game.
Frequently asked questions
- How is this different from Lichess TV?
- Lichess TV streams one live featured game; this ranks the real top-rated players by time control.
- Is a key needed?
- No — Lichess's public API is free and key-less.
- Is this FIDE ratings?
- No — these are real Lichess platform ratings, a different (though related) rating pool from official FIDE ratings.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.