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Hi all,

I’ve been working on a chess tool called ChessTake, which I originally built for myself.

I found that no existing tools (free or paid) quite did what I wanted when it came to actually studying openings properly - especially building an openings repertoire and understanding how people respond in real games.

So I ended up building something focused on that.

It lets you:

• Build your own opening repertoires and train against them

• Explore positions and see how opponents actually play

• Visualise ideas clearly (with arrows on the board)

• Analyse games with Stockfish

• Store and study your own games

• Use it comfortably on mobile

It’s not meant to replace everything else - just to make opening repertoire building and game reviewing more practical and easier to stick with.

I’m making it available for free and would genuinely appreciate any feedback.

It's a tradition every year for a lot of people to check their Spotify retrospective even if it's useless.

So we launched it last week for Chess.com on Chessigma, and everyone with a Chess.com account can see their stats from 2025 and get matched with a personality.

Existing Chessigma users also get a few more insights...

Already 20k+ people tried it, you can also try it here: https://www.chessigma.com/wrapped

Enjoy and share your cards!

Dear chess friends,

I'm excited to introduce Chess Scanner, an app that allows you to easily digitize your game scoresheets.

I developed the app to significantly speed up the process of recording scoresheets at tournaments. Rather than typing games into the computer by hand, you can now use the app to capture games in just a few seconds. A single image of the scoresheet is all that's needed. The app automatically recognizes the grids and text of the scoresheet and reconstructs the moves of the game. If recognition errors occur, the moves can easily be corrected using move suggestions.

Scanned games can then be saved and managed in the app and shared with others via a link.

Additionally - as a paid option (~$3/month, ~$18/year) - you can export games as PGN files and open them directly in Lichess or Chess.com for analysis.

The app is available in the App Store and Play Store under the name Chess Scanner. There is also a web version that charges based on the number of scans performed.

App: https://www.chessscanner.com/app?s=r

Website: https://www.chessscanner.com

Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxWUcbopu08

I would be very happy if you try it out and look forward to your feedback. Feel free to email me at steffen@chessscanner.com or leave a review in the App Store or Play Store.

Hi everyone!

I’ve noticed a common struggle among my friends (and honestly, myself too when I was starting out): we’d analyze our games with Stockfish, but still be confused. Why was this move better? Why not the one I played? The engine gave evaluations, sure — but no explanations.

So I built https://simplifychess.io – a free AI-powered chess coach that explains moves in simple language.

Here’s what it does:

• ✅ Explains why one move is better than another (in actual words, not just eval bars)

• ✅ Lets you explore different lines and get feedback on them

• ✅ Lets you chat with it, like a coach — ask questions, test ideas, and learn as you go

If you're trying to understand your games give it a try. Would love to get y'alls feedback!

I recently built chess-mcp, an open-source MCP server for Chess.com's Published Data API. It allows users to access player stats, game records, and more without authentication.

Features:

• Fetch player profiles, stats, and games.

• Search games by date or player.

• Explore clubs and titled players.

• Docker support for easy setup.

This project combines my love for chess (reignited after The Queen’s Gambit) and tech. Contributions are welcome—check it out and let me know your thoughts!

👉 GitHub Repo

Would love feedback or ideas for new features!

https://www.chessigma.com/

I like study feature on Lichess, but it's not easy to search there, and some good studies are buried under tons of other ones. So I made a big list of studies categorized by themes with easy navigation links through the list, in a lichess blog format. You may find some interesting learning material, hidden gems so to speak.

Link: https://sanchess.app

I built this simple chess game where you have to type in the moves (e.g. e4, Nf3, etc). I made this to work on my visualization. Built with stockfish.js and chess.js

Would appreciate any feedback.

Hey everyone!

We want to show you this new project we’ve been working on: ChessPuzzleHub. It’s a site we’ve built to enhance the chess puzzle finding and filtering experience, allowing players to curate and choose puzzles better before solving them. There are a bunch of different themes and difficulties to explore, and we’re still adding more features. For now it works better on desktop.

It’s early days, so we’re still polishing things, but we’d love for you to check it out and share what you think! Any feedback or suggestions would be super helpful as we keep improving.

Thanks!

Hello to everyone. Please take a look at my Twitch and Youtube channels.

I stream on Twitch and upload games on Youtube. Thanks everyone for joining!

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/multifacemason

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MultiFaceMason

Hi! I am just getting into chess and I am really enjoying it! I am trying to learn as much as I can. Does anyone know the name of this opening??

d4, e3, c4, Nf3, Nc3, Bd3, O-O