Supported Features
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Dark Interface
Chessbar Mini – Learn & Play
Chessboard in the status bar
Only for Mac
$4.99
Mac
A tiny chessboard that lives in your menubar and floats over any window –
your PDF reader, browser, or notes.
— Features —
• Menubar popover
• Always on top of every window
• Paste a FEN from anywhere, board sets up instantly
• Light and dark themes
• Only 2.5 MB, no account, no telemetry, no network calls
— Who it's for —
Readers working through Dvoretsky, Aagaard, Silman. Students taking
online courses. Coaches drafting annotations. Anyone who reads chess
and is tired of alt-tabbing.
— What it's not —
Not an engine, not an opponent, not a puzzle trainer. One board that
does one thing well.
— Privacy —
No account, no tracking, no network requests. Your positions stay
on your computer.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Fixed board coordinate labels alignment issue when rotating the board
The developer, Dangling Pointers, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Dangling Pointers SIA
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026, Dangling Pointers
