Issue with window.close and chrome

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);

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

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