I don't want to see user names and pictures, they make me feel like i am under domain of that particular person, i am not interested in names of my opponents or pictures, they make me not want to play those people at all, just because they have a name and picture. just remove the name completely, it can be optional does it show or not, it is invisible and if someone hovers over thename of opponent with mouse it shows itself, make it like that, and also i do not want to see the picture, not even question mark, i love and enjoy playing on Chess,com, but i am not interested in peoples private stuff such as is name and picture, i've changed in past 4 years that i've been playing chess on Chess,com at least 50,60 names, just because im never satisfied with my name, my friends. I am not interested in peoples private stuff, they can put out any sort of picture and any sort of name, it is offensive to me, whichever picture or name it is, feels like i am under those people, under them and the feeling that they want to spread with that name and/or picture and i don't like it, not one bit. i just like to watch/look at chess board and have fun whilst playing chess, and i don't want to look at my opponents name or picture, it distracts me from focusing on the game, i know there exists focus mode, but make it like i said, name is invisible, and so is the picture, until clicked upon or hovered over with mouse, is that too much to ask, i hope not, at least install an option for that:- thank You very much, in advance, good luck good health Peoples all over the world

I also want an option to hide my name and i don't have a picture, because i don't want my name and domain i am spreading, the special feeling due to my name, to other players, keep it optional to hide my name, just show my rating, i am not interested in being personal on Chess,com, i just want to be play and enjoy, to be able to play enjoyingly, and i can't do that with a name, any name, don't even put Anonymous when i hide my name in Settings=Options Hide Your Name , Hide Opponents Name and Picture, Hide Your Picture, put in options, just hide my name and i don't want others to know whom they played, i trust Chess,com when my opponents hide their names and pictures i trust that they are People and Persons, verified and absolutely fair, i don't want impact from name or picture to impact my entire game of chess, i dont' focus on my opponent i don't want to visually or hermetically inmy wellbeing or organism to focus on opponents matter-of-factly name and picture, because things change in life and there exists more to People thanjust their one single Name on Chess,com, People have so much as Team Leaders of Chess Figurines, and Privately i am not interested about anything else, besides chess, and mostly usernames wheni see them and pictures disuade me and discourage me from playing Chess, that is the truth of the matter as it is, it will always be like that, i want some fairness, i just want to be able to play chess with People, because i am never good to play--- i will never be good in chess, to be able to play against Computer/s., thank You. Shah Chess You Me Everyone

Well,well,well.Ignore the names and pictures of your opponenets.If these things distracts you,there is something wrong with your concentration.IMPROVE your concentration.Meditation would be useful in that area.

Chess007Guy it's true my Good Fellow Sir or Mam, my Good Friend, i do have problems in concentrating on the game, sometimes my mind blocks me from even thinking one move ahead, to least to say few or more moves ahead in one line, any line, at any part of one game. thank You very much Sir or Mam Chess007Guy, all the good health to You and all the good luck to You and Your loved Ones and to All the People All over the Earth i wish Blessing from Goodness

You can use something like Stylish add-on and remove avatars and names on your own using some basic CSS.

Available at BED BATH + BEYOND:

Sleep Mask

 

Tarnos, i know nothing of /about computer programming, i don't even know what CSS is, but thank You, i should maybe google that, "stylish add ons" where to get them, VicountVonJames, yeah i can use Focus MOde, that exists for purposes of focusing but it will cut me off from the World, namely, buttons to click, Resign and Observe Top Rated Games, and even chat, because to me chat is important, i wish i could see what other people type while i play, about my game, which moves they guess, and it can be done, by it not even being a rated game, also i am very low level, so it should be available that players all ..... also it should be always available that players of all calibers can observe, all ratings games, to all people, freedom, and not just top rated games, which i don't understand one bit, is it possible to find lower or 200 points higher rated players than me which is 1000 or 800, my rating in Rapid, for me to watch and see in Live Chess, i think not, but not sure, maybe Chess,com has some hope by installing this feature, of improving Site Com-and Sharing Invisible Promoting the Game of Chess, among all players, to begin and improve on feeling, the feeling of community with all beings, of all chess whereabouts, as a community, and not just observe top rated games but also observe 800, 1000 or lower rated games or higher rated games, in Live Chess, thank you, very much, good health good luck

I am sure you can ask someone to make style for you, or even easier..Use adblocker addon such as "Ublock Origin" which gives you an option to right click on any element on the page(text/image etc.) and "block" it. 

What it does is basically add styling to the element which makes it invisible(Easier way if you don't know CSS) 

It should work for all games, but there is also a possibility that you can remove something else, so watch out, in a worse case you can restore default(reinstall addon should do the trick).

You could just stick a piece of paper over the bit of the screen where the name and picture is. The names and pictures don't move so it should solve the problem.

Tarnos, i won't do anything like, that, as You respective You Said I Respect You Good luck Good health to You Tarnos, but it is too risky, i don't want to complete scheweningen, how i call it, i do not want to compile a mess of virus, and do a stop procedure on veto of shelter or sanctuary which is Chess,com Grand House of Revertebrating Chess Freedom and Sequence, but also thank You Tarnos for the Sentiment, however i would like if Chess,com installed this option to hide name/picture that only rating remains. JamesAgadir, yeah trust me, paper does not stick to screen, but it is a good idea, yeah names and pictures do not move if i do not scroll down on screen-monitor however i do scroll down sometimes to see something, also my first thought after reading Your sentence was/is- that my eye/s wander/s to the name and picture and it distracts, me, it is info, bit of information, and it must be said, that for me, every bit of information that helps people, does the turn, in turn ill effect for me, which disrupts my concentration, i can not focus on game, my eye wanders for any bit of info while i try to think, i try to grasp for chess info how to play, then i see the name and picture or lack of picture and my mind wanders, i lose concentration because of that, paper there would also disrupt my concentration because i would know something is hidden but not, i would know my screen is not complete and i could not focus, it needs to be free screen, remote, devoid of all that is illusion, for me, for me to be able to focus on chess games, thank yYou JamesAgadir good luck good health i respectt You

Well, I did my best to help you with your problem. 

In order to hide player image and name during a game, you need to use this style: 

#topPlayer > avatar-block >

.avatar-40 > .user-details >

.details-container > .avatar-40 {
display:none;
}

#topPlayer > avatar-block > .avatar-40 >

.user-details > .details-container >

.user-tagline > .username {

display: none;

}

Those 2 styles will hide image and name. At the same time moving all other elements on the page.(because those 2 elements are going to break the flow of the page, i.e. they disappear making space for other stuff)

Just copy and paste them into styling add-on such as Stylish.  

In case you want to keep everything else on same place(not breaking the flow of the page), use this code: 

#topPlayer > avatar-block >
.avatar-40 > .user-details >
.details-container > .avatar-40 img[src] {
visibility: hidden !important;
}

#topPlayer > avatar-block > .avatar-40 >
.user-details > .details-container >
.user-tagline > .username {
visibility: hidden !important;
}

Agreed! 

Shaking hands...ughh disgusting

If the paper falls off, try a Sharpie Permanent Marker. You could draw moustaches on some of the icons.

Closing your account is certainly one way to resolve this issue. I'm glad it worked out for you.

I hate to bump an old thread, but for anyone else wondering how this can be done reliably, the following uBlock filters work for both the Play and Live modes, as of December 2020. They work in and out of the various display modes, and they remove both avatars, usernames, flairs and country flags:

www.chess.com##.player-avatar
www.chess.com##.player-tagline
www.chess.com##.board-player-default-userTagline
www.chess.com##.board-player-default-userAvatar

Also, while in analysis, player information is left untouched (an unintended side effect).

I would have assumed this would be an option in the settings, or be a default feature of focus mode, but until that happens—if ever—this seems to be the best substitute.

Simple solution to the OP.

Step 1 - set the window to Full Screen

Step 2 - Put duct tape across the top 2 inches of the screen.

Problem solved!