Chess Live Tools

One click puts your chess.com board in OBS: cropped, square, and following zoom and resize. Optional player name and clock bars.

Description: Chess Live Tools puts your chess.com board into OBS Studio with one click, cropped exactly to the board. Set it up once, then just play. The crop follows you when you zoom the page (Ctrl + / -), drag the board bigger or smaller, or resize the window. In OBS you can drag and resize the board anywhere: from any edge or corner it always snaps to an exact square, with no empty space. FEATURES • One-click setup: the extension finds your browser in OBS by itself • Always cropped: follows zoom, board resizing, window resizing and sidebars • Always square: drag any edge or corner in OBS, and it stays an exact square • Player bars (optional): names, ratings, clocks and captured pieces as separate pieces you can place anywhere • Safe by design: refuses whole-screen captures, so windows in front of your browser never end up on stream • Optional HQ upscaling shaders for when your on-screen board is smaller than your stream board HOW TO USE 1. In OBS: Tools → WebSocket Server Settings → Enable WebSocket server, then Show Connect Info and copy the password. 2. Click the Chess Live Tools icon, paste the password and click Connect to OBS. 3. Open a chess.com game and click Set up. If OBS isn't capturing your browser yet, the popup adds a capture for you. Just pick your browser window