# Chesscheat

> Always see the optimal move in any chess.com game. Guarantees wins almost 100% of the time

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/chesscheat](https://chrome-stats.com/d/chesscheat)

## Overview

- **ID:** `chesscheat`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Noble
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 2,469
- **Weekly downloads:** 184
- **Rating:** 3.29 / 5 (35 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-06
- **First published:** 2023-03-11
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/chesscheat/)

## Description

Chesscheat is a powerful Chrome extension that integrates the Stockfish chess engine directly into your chess.com games. It analyzes each position and instantly suggests the optimal move, helping users secure wins in approximately 90% of their games. Beyond just winning, Chesscheat serves as an educational tool by enabling players to learn better strategies and deepen their understanding of chess.

While this project was developed primarily for learning purposes, it's important to use it responsibly. The extension is open source, and its full code is available on GitHub, ensuring transparency. Note that features like premoves are not fully supported and using the extension for unfair advantage may risk your chess.com account. Chesscheat stands out as a strategic aid for improving chess proficiency effectively and efficiently.

## Rankings

- #1,904 — Overall
- #103 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #183 — Games & Entertainment
- #68 — optimize
- #139 — skill
- #165 — purpose

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `www.chess.com`
- `chess.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviews are split between praising the add-on’s effectiveness and many users condemning cheating. Common themes: it works and users want continued development, but there are repeated ethical objections, concerns about lichess compatibility and detection/bans, and requests for bug fixes and features (e.g., auto-detecting white/black).

### Pros

- Multiple users say the add-on works well and is effective (positive comments like “so good”, “perfect”, “works well”).
- Appears able to improve game outcomes for some users (one user reported quickly beating low-rated opponents).
- Users are supportive and ask the developer to continue improving the project, indicating goodwill and interest in ongoing development.

### Cons

- Widespread moral/ethical objections — many reviewers explicitly discourage cheating and call it dishonest.
- Lack of support or safety on lichess and risk of detection/bans; users request compatibility or note moderators/auto-bans.
- Needs improvements and missing features (requests for upgrades and specific features like white/black auto-detection); some reliability/bug concerns mentioned.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/chesscheat)