SimpleChessBoard

Simple chess FEN/PGN viewer with evaluation

SimpleChessBoard: The Ultimate Chess Analysis Chrome Extension

SimpleChessBoard is a highly interactive and user-friendly Chrome extension for chess enthusiasts. It allows importation and analysis of chess games using FEN or PGN, and includes an integrated Stockfish engine for evaluating legal moves. In addition, users have the capability to play against an AI and share encoded links of their games with friends. The tool also supports a manual set-up mode, legal move generation, checkmate/stalemate detection, and an evaluation graph for analyzing blunders or mistakes.
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Extension stats

By: hxim.jo
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.00
(8)
Version: 1.6 (Last updated: 2018-09-01)
Creation date: 2018-09-01
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 642.05K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
SimpleChessBoard (v1.7resigned1)
4.67 (3) 64
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

SimpleChessBoard is simple chess position and game analysis tool available as browser extension and as a web page at https://hxim.github.io/simplechessboard/popup/simplechessboard.html.

Features:

  • Load your chess position or game using FEN or PGN.
  • Setup pieces manually with your mouse in edit mode.
  • You can browse game history and try out different variations. Arrow is showing last move and move recomennded by engine.
  • List all legal moves and show them on chessboard
  • Checkmate or stalemate is detected
  • Analyze position and all legal moves with javascript version of Stockfish from https://github.com/niklasf/stockfish.js
  • Show evaluation graph and visalize mistakes or blunders with different colors
  • Open position or game in new window via URL. You can also share this URL with friends (in online version) and your position or entire game will be encoded in the link.
  • You can also play chess against computer

Copy your FEN or PGN to clipboard and paste it in the input box at the top. You can also manually

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User reviews

Garbage
by Ahmed Aljuboori, 2022-06-11

o melhor pra analisar
by Nuti Monteiro, 2018-07-26

Very Good
by M S, 2018-07-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

SimpleChessBoard does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

SimpleChessBoard has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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