Issue with window.close and chrome

I'm trying to close a child window with JavaScript, and in Firefox everything works fine but in Chrome the window doesn't close.

Here is what I'm using

$(document).ready(function() {
    if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed)
        window.opener.location = "http://www.website.com"
    window.close();
});

I tried a suggestion on google, but to no avail.

Anyone having a similar issue or know of a work-around?

I know this question is old, but I ran into the same problem. This worked for me:

window.open('', '_self', ''); //bug fix
window.close();

If previously you open some other window by window.open()

This don't work:

window.open(...)
window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();

But work:

window.open(...);
setTimeout(function(){
    window.open('', '_self', '');
    window.close();
}, 100);