[samdg]

A feature I was surprised not to see in the "Cleaner page UI during chess games" section: Lichess has a zen mode that maximally simplifies the UI.

It removes the chat, navigation menu, move history notation. You're left with the board, clocks, resign/draw/takeback actions, and move replay.

You can activate it by pressing "Z" during a game, and there's a menu option too.

[whoisjohnkid]

Yes zen mode is amazing. You’d be surprised at how much better you do when you just focus on the game vs paying attention to your opponents rating.

[tomcooks]

Anyone not playing Zen mode is doing themselves a huge disfavour. It allows you not to care about your opponents score, nor identity, nor messages.

[Freeboots]

Oh my god you can turn it on during a game?

Here I am turning it back on via the menu after saying GG each game! What a chum!

[elliekelly]

Same here! I can’t believe there’s a hot key for this! They really do think of everything.

[giords]

You can even hide player ratings site-wide, to fully focus only on chess.

[wtf_is_up]

Love turning on zen mode and just solving puzzles endlessly.