Chessvision.ai
Scan any chess position — websites, YouTube videos, books, photos — straight into engine analysis with computer vision.
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Our take
Chessvision.ai solves a problem I didn't realise was draining me: the friction of setting up book positions on a board or analysis GUI. Reading a strategy book with the eBook reader open means every diagram is one tap from Stockfish, and the flashcard feature turns positions you scanned into a review queue. If your improvement diet is mostly online games, you can skip it. If it includes books or YouTube study, the $5.99/month pays for itself in saved setup time alone.
Chessvision.ai, founded in 2019 by Paweł Kacprzak, uses computer vision to recognise chess positions wherever you encounter them: a browser extension scans diagrams on websites and inside YouTube videos, an eBook reader makes every diagram in a chess book interactive, and mobile apps scan printed pages and physical boards.
Once scanned, a position flows into Stockfish analysis, can be searched for across video content, or saved as a flashcard for spaced-repetition review. The free tier covers casual scanning; membership ($5.99/month or $45.99/year) unlocks unlimited scans and video position search.
Pros
- Nothing else covers this niche as well — diagram in a book or video becomes an analyzable board in one tap
- Browser extension can even search for positions across chess YouTube videos
- Long track record since 2019 with excellent store ratings (4.8/5 on Chrome) and an active founder
Cons
- It's a utility, not a trainer — the value scales with how much you read chess books and watch videos
- Serious use (unlimited scans, video search) needs the subscription
- Scanning physical 3D boards from photos is noticeably less reliable than 2D diagrams
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