LiKeyChess - Lichess with your keyboard!

Makes it possible to play chess with your keyboard on Lichess
What is LiKeyChess - Lichess with your keyboard!?
"LiKeyChess - Lichess with your keyboard!" is a Chrome extension that offers a unique way to play chess on lichess.org. Through this extension users can entirely control their chess movements using their keyboard, providing a faster and more precise gaming experience. Note, this feature requires enabling 'click move'.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-02-24
By: poacher2k
Users: 565
Rating: 2.67 (6)
Version: 0.10 (Last updated: 2017-01-25)
Creation date: 2017-01-25
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 96.04K

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Extension summary

Makes it possible to play chess on lichess.org using only a keyboard.

Good for playing on a laptop, or if you're tired of mouseslips!

Important note - for this to work, you must have click move enabled. ie, it does not work if you have only drag move enabled.

How to use:

  1. Start a game on lichess.org
  2. Click the button that says "Click to activate KeyboardChess"
  3. Type coordinates to perform a click at given coordinates

ex. playing white moving your a-pawn:

  1. a2 (selects pawn on a2)
  2. a4 (moves pawn to a4)

User reviews

IT DOES NOTHING
by chess chess, 2023-05-16

Could not start it.
by Yusuf Arslan, 2021-06-26

I couldn't get it to work, don't install the extension, just toggle it on in lichess itself.
by Collin Marchant, 2021-05-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

LiKeyChess - Lichess with your keyboard! requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

LiKeyChess - Lichess with your keyboard! may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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