Chessvision.ai

Chessvision.ai uses computer vision and machine learning to recognize chess positions from almost any source: websites, videos, books, screenshots, even hand-drawn boards. Point your camera at a chess diagram, and it turns into a live, analyzable position in seconds. It won the Best Chess Startup 2020 award at the ChessTech2020 Conference, and for good reason.

Built and maintained by a single developer, Pawel Kacprzak, Chessvision.ai launched in April 2019 and has grown into a full suite of tools. There are browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Mobile apps for iOS and Android. An eBook Reader that lets you open any chess PDF and tap on diagrams to analyze them. And a video analysis tool that syncs engine evaluation with YouTube chess content in real time.

The platform goes beyond simple scanning. Teachers can create exercises from book diagrams and export them to Lichess Study or PDF. The video search feature lets you find YouTube content filtered by chess concepts like "exchange sacrifice in Sicilian." Discord, Twitter, and Reddit bots extend the scanning functionality into communities where chess players already hang out.

Chessvision.ai offers a free tier with limited scans and a Premium membership at $5.99/month ($45.99/year) for unlimited scans and video search. For anyone who studies chess from books, streams, or online content, it bridges the gap between static diagrams and interactive analysis in a way nothing else does.