5 Aug 2026

Drills, reworked

Drills are the big one this time. "Play & Improve" also made it to mobile, and a handful of things you reported are fixed.

Drills got a full rework

Drills now run on their own, faster schedule. Until now they ran on the same slow schedule as normal training, so one took months to get through. Now it is a couple of days if the pattern clicks, closer to a week if you keep getting it wrong, which is rather the point.
You pick the size when creating a drill, 5 to 15 puzzles instead of a fixed 20.
A drill that sits untouched can be released, so its puzzles go back into your daily training with one click.

Play a Lichess game from your phone or your iPad, on a board built for a small screen.
The short training routine between games works there too.
So does the analysis board.

It now shows your key moments where they actually happened, with the marker sitting next to the curve and a line pointing at the exact spot.

The animated background now uses 10 to 20 times less GPU, so the whole app runs a lot lighter.
Sound now works everywhere, iPhone and iPad included.
Stockfish stays on when you leave a variation.
Pieces slide a bit slower, so you can follow moves that are played for you.
Board coordinates are on by default for new accounts.

Most of this came from your reports, so thanks for taking the time to write them up. Keep them coming.