Knight Vision for Chess.com and Lichess

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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• Apr 17, 2026
  description

  Knight Vision is a Chess.com-only overlay that helps you spot tactics faster by making what’s already on the board instantly visible. It highlights forcing ideas with clear visual cues so you can quickly see candidate moves, which is great for puzzles, improving your play, and following professional games. The UI panel is hidable (Show/Hide UI) so it stays out of the way.
  
  Use the toggles to train a strong calculation habit:
  
  1) Look for checks
  2) Then captures
  3) Then attacks/threats
  
  By reducing “board blindness” and highlighting candidate moves at a glance, Knight Vision helps you build pattern recognition and make better decisions under time pressure.
  
  Color key:
  - Blue arrows = White attacks
  - Red arrows = Black attacks
  - Purple arrows = mutual attack
  - Black box = attacked piece
  - Red box = checking square
  
  New: Scenario analysis shows what would happen if you moved a piece, allowing you to see potential threats in real-time before committing to the move.
  
  If Knight Vision has helped you spot threats and tactics faster, consider buying me a coffee to support ongoing updates and improvements:  buymeacoffee.com/knightvision

  Knight Vision is an overlay for Chess.com and Lichess that helps you spot tactics faster by making what’s already on the board instantly visible. It highlights forcing ideas with clear visual cues so you can quickly see candidate moves, which is great for solving puzzles, improving your play, and enhancing your experience while watching professional games. The User Interface panel is hidable (Show/Hide UI) so it stays out of the way, and all features can be toggled.
  
  Color key:
  
  Blue arrows = White attacks
  Red arrows = Black attacks
  Purple arrows = Mutual attack
  Yellow arrows = Defenders of selected piece (right-click)
  Black box = Attacked piece
  Red box = Checking square
  
  By reducing board blindness and highlighting candidate moves at a glance, Knight Vision helps you build pattern recognition and make better decisions under time pressure. The updated Scenario analysis shows what will happen when dragging a piece, allowing you to see potential threats in real time before committing to the move. These features allow you to develop a strong calculation habit to:
  
  1. Look for checks
  2. Look for captures
  3. Look for attacking ideas
  
  If Knight Vision has helped your chess game, please consider leaving a 5-star review. Your support helps more people find the extension. Also, please consider a small donation to support ongoing updates and improvements: buymeacoffee.com/knightvision
  
  If you find a bug, please email me and include the FEN so I can reproduce the position and fix it faster. Also, please reach out if you have ideas for other features you would like to see.
  
  Knight Vision is intended as a learning and viewing aid and is not recommended for use in competitive play.

• Apr 17, 2026
  short_description

  Chess.com overlay for checks/captures with per-side toggles. Includes a hidable UI panel (Show/Hide UI).

  chess.com and Lichess overlay for checks/captures with per-side toggles. Includes a hidable UI panel (Show/Hide UI).

• Apr 17, 2026
  name

  Knight Vision for Chess.com

  Knight Vision for Chess.com and Lichess

• Apr 17, 2026
  host_permissions

  https://www.chess.com/*

  https://www.chess.com/*, https://chess.com/*, https://www.lichess.org/*, https://lichess.org/*

Permissions & access

Permissions

None declared

Host access

https://www.chess.com/*, https://chess.com/*, https://www.lichess.org/*, https://lichess.org/*

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