As of March 16th, 2025, Lichess, the only functional and free Chess site,, has been blocked in schools in North Texas. This ban is short sighted and should be revoked. For one, banning it achieves  less than nothing!

 You see, Chess is not only extremely popular, but is also generally  seen as quite beneficial. Studies show that students who played chess were 41 percent more likely to get A's. 

Now that Lichess has been completely  locked,  me, and countless other students, have felt  oppressed by  school, influencing us to focus during it less. 

 However , even for the small chunk of students who may overuse Chess,  this block just encourages  those students...  to go to worse websites by using Incognito or proxies.

So, it's blocking is a truly lose-lose situation in all regards, that will only become worse as Chess becomes more popular.  

Contribute now against this  to   benefit students and teachers combined.