Realurls

Lichess

Also known as lichess-org. Wikidata Q19831807. GitHub lichess-org.

Official domains: lichess.org

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q19831807/P856 wikidata:Q19831807/P2037. Display name from wikidata:Q19831807.

lichess.org verified primary · confidence 0.83 · verified 2026-09-05

correlated anchors merged: A8 not independent of the kept one, counted once · 1 independent anchor(s) + 2 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=lichess-org org_verified=true blog=https://lichess.org
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A8 anchor Anchored repository's homepage points here, and this site links back
repo=lichess-org/lila org=lichess-org repo_anchored=true homepage=https://lichess.org backlink=true stars=18705 age_days=5309 contributors=633
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=OVH sas created=2010-06-14 expires=2027-06-14 remaining_days=281 locks=["delete","transfer"]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Let's Encrypt san_count=91
 TLS handshake lichess.org:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q19831807 label=Lichess site=https://lichess.org sitelinks=35 competing_items=1
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=1220 source=top-1m list
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: registrar (OVH sas) is not a brand-protection registrar
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/lichess-org | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A8 — anchored repo's homepage
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/lichess-org/lila | jq '{homepage, created_at, stargazers_count}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/lichess.org | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q19831807&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/lichess.org

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify lichess.org

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