SideChess — Play Chess in the Side Panel

Play chess against Stockfish in your side panel. Adjustable strength. Works offline, no signup.

As of June 2026, SideChess — Play Chess in the Side Panel has 5 users in the Games category.

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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since May 17, 2026.

5.3230.6799999999999997May 17, 2026Jun 13, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
May 17, 20261.0.0
May 23, 20261.0.0
Jun 13, 202611.0.0
Now51.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
sidePanelstorage
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

SideChess turns your Chrome side panel into a quiet chess board you can
play whenever you have a minute.

— Real Stockfish 18 engine inside. Strength scales from absolute beginner
  (~600 Elo) to full grandmaster level (3000+ Elo).
— Two simple sliders: how long the engine should think, and how strong
  it should play. That's the entire setup.
— Make a move, switch tabs, come back later. Your game is saved
  automatically.
— Works completely offline. No accounts. No tracking. No internet
  needed after install.
— Light and dark themes.

Perfect for slow correspondence-style games during the workday, when
you don't want to commit to a 10-minute blitz on a chess website.

The engine uses Stockfish (GPL-3) and chess pieces by Cburnett (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Open source — see GitHub link in support page.

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
5.62MiB
Min Chrome
114
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
u567c673206d7b9c9b48159049aa0dbb0
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 16, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
May 16, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 13, 2026
Website
Support URL
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 13, 2026.