What is Chessconnect?
Chessconnect is a Chrome web extension that allows owners of smart chessboards to connect to either chess.com or lichess.org. It’s main features are:
- uses the official APIs of lichess.org and chess.com
- is acknowledged by both sites and absolutely legal
- works on Windows™, Mac™, Linux, Android™, and Chrome OS™
- integrates seamlessly into chess.com and lichess.org
- supports almost all electronic chess boards
- both USB and Bluetooth LE™ connections
- less trouble with cheat detection
- games against bots, human opponents, and live tournaments
- optional delay to reduce risk of mouse/board slips
- optional sound or even speech
- non-commercial and free to use
What’s new in version 4.5?
- Support for the new Tabutronic Spectrum board
- LED chessclock feature for various boards (preview video)
- New improved option dialog
- More customization options for boards with full color LEDs
- Use of internal buzzer of iChessOne
- Improved Support for DGT revelation 2
- Support for new chess site noctie.ai (which I am very excited about!)
What’s next?
- Chessconnect as an app for Android™!
- Puzzles, studies, analysis,… for Lichess!
What chess boards can I use?
We support a large variety of smart chess boards from the following manufacturers:
- Certabo™
- Chessnut™
- ChessUp™
- DGT™
- House of Staunton™
- iChessOne™
- Millennium™
- TabuTronic™
- Wuxing™
What chess sites does it work on?
Once installed in your browser, you will have Chessconnect available on these web sites.
- chess.com
- lichess.org
Click the button below, to find out more on what features of these sites Chessconnect will make available for use with your smart chess board.
What operating systems does it work with?
Being a browser extension, Chessconnect runs on a large variety of platforms. It was successfully tested with the following platforms. But there might be more platforms that we just have not tested yet. If you find one that’s working, too: let us know and we add it to the list.
- macOS™
- Windows™
- Linux
- Chrome OS™
- Android™
Click the button below, to learn more specific details on how to use Chessconnect on any of the operating systems above.
Compatibility chart
| Windows™ | macOS™ | Linux | Android™ | Chrome OS | |
| Certabo™ |    | | | | |
| Chessnut™ | | | | | |
| ChessUp™ | | | | | – |
| DGT™ eBoards | (Bluetooth classic not BLE), | | (Bluetooth classic not BLE) | – | (Bluetooth classic not BLE) |
| DGT™ Pegasus | | | | | – |
| House of Staunton™ | | | | | |
| iChessOne™ | | | | | |
| Millennium™ | | | | | |
| TabuTronic™ | | | | | |
| Wuxing™ | | | | | |
= Bluetooth LE, =USB Everything to the best of my knowledge and without any guarantees!