GambitBlock

Chess Website Blocker for Chrome

Beat the board before the feed gets a turn.

GambitBlock turns distracting tabs into short chess gates: solve a tactic, follow an opening line, then unlock the site for a little while.

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Blocked · tiktok.com

This tab is protected by chess.

Mate in 1 Moves: 0

Designed for quick restraint

Pick the kind of friction you will actually respect.

Lock preview Level 10 tactic · 10 minute unlock
Challenge type
Unlock window
Blocked sites

Local by default

No account system, analytics, or backend database in the MVP.

Chess-first

Tactics and book-line practice make the lock feel earned, not arbitrary.

Built for Chrome

A URL-based Chrome website blocker for Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, and X.

Private repo, local preview

For now, the install flow stays local.

This page avoids a public GitHub CTA because the repository is private. Use it as a product/Chrome Web Store preview while the extension matures.

Load the extension locally.

  1. Build GambitBlock.
  2. Open Chrome extensions.
  3. Load the generated dist folder as an unpacked extension.