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Chess Focus

by vanzsom · Games
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 12 Nov 2026

Hide distracting elements on Chess.com for a cleaner, more focused playing experience.

Users
66
+11 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#92K
#82K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 13 Apr 2026

Users

monthly, 7 months
03366Apr 2026Aug 2026Nov 2026
Latest, 12 Nov 2026: 66 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 7 months
001Apr 2026Aug 2026Nov 2026
Latest, 12 Nov 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Chess Focus

Chess Focus allows you to hide various distracting elements while playing on Chess.com so you can just focus on the board. Chess Focus is fully customizable, hide only what you want. You can hide the following. – Profile Pictures – Country Flags – Flair Icons – Ratings – Player Names – Player Titles – Moves List Sidebar The extension also centers the board when the moves list is hidden and allows you to resize the browser to as small as you want unlike Chess.com's Focus Mode that has the board off center and breaks when resizing. Chess Focus is open source allowing anyone to make any changes they want such as language localization. Available at https://github.com/vanzsom/chess-focus Also available for Firefox. No ads, no data collection.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+6+10.0%00.00
30 days+11+20.0%00.00
6 months+57+633.3%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.013 Apr 2026

Details

Category
Games
First seen
13 Apr 2026
Size
88 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storage
Site access
*://*.chess.com/*

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