Beta · free
Turn a chess screenshot or book diagram into a board you can analyse. Every piece on the right square, plus the FEN, in a few seconds.
Drop a chess image here, paste it (Ctrl+V), or
Screenshots from Lichess, Chess.com or any app, and diagrams from books and worksheets. Your image stays on your device: everything runs in your browser.
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Beta: works best with clear, flat 2D boards. Photos of real boards are coming next.
Every piece recognised and placed on a standard ChessDepth board, whatever the original style.
Files a–h and ranks 1–8, with the board turned the right way round for White and Black.
The position in standard notation, ready to copy into Lichess, Chess.com or any chess program.
Open the position on Lichess or in our board editor to analyse it, play it out or save it for practice.
Example FEN for the position above: r1bqk2r/1pppbppp/p1n2n2/4p3/B3P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 4 6
The same steps a strong player does in a second, broken into steps a computer can learn.
Locate the chessboard and its four corners anywhere in the image.
Correct the angle so the board becomes a flat, top-down square.
Cut the board into its 8 × 8 squares.
Decide for every square whether it's empty or holds one of the 12 pieces.
Make sure the position is possible: one king each, no pawns on the back ranks, and so on.
Show the clean board with coordinates and the FEN, ready to analyse.
This beta reads clear 2D images (websites, apps and book diagrams). Photos of real boards are next.
The recognition runs inside your browser, so your pictures are never uploaded anywhere.
Turn positions from books, worksheets and games into boards you can study, share and practise from.
Tap "No" under the result, or send us the image on WhatsApp. Every example helps us train a better model.
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