Chessbest

A chess.com extension for finding the best moves and evaluating your live game.

Features

• You'll host your chess server and you'll run your Stockfish engine.
• Marking the best move and update evaluation bar for each move.
• You will move the pieces yourself (or chess.com will take notice).
• Client-side does not involve any chess engine (or chess.com will take notice).
• For the purpose of improving chess skills only!

Installation (Client-side)

1. Clone the repo or download the latest release.
2. Go to chrome://extensions in a new tab or use the Manage extensions page.
3. Enable Developer mode, then click Load unpacked and select root folder (containing manifest.json).

Note: if you cloned the repo, select the dist folder.

If you get stuck, refer to Chrome's instructions.

How to build (Client-side)

1. Clone the repo.
2. Install dependencies, run npm install or yarn.
3. Build the extension to dist folder by npm run build or yarn build.

Installation (Server-side)

To be updated

Usage

1. Start a classic game (or puzzle) on chess.com.
2. Chessbest will automatically run.
3. The chess engine's status can be seen on the extension icon (popup).
4. You may need to make one move to see the response.

Support

If you need assistance or have any questions, please reach me out in the Issues section.