Upload a chess screenshot and get deep Stockfish analysis.
Ever seen an interesting chess position in a book, video, or article and wanted to study it? Our Position Reader lets you upload a screenshot or photo and get deep Stockfish analysis — no need to manually recreate the position piece by piece.
The Position Reader uses computer vision technology to detect each piece on the board, convert the position to FEN notation, and then run it through Stockfish 18 for analysis. It works with images from books, videos, articles, and completed games.
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Converting a chess image to analysis involves three steps:
Take a photo of a position from a book, video, or physical board. Upload it to our chess solver using the image upload button.
Our computer vision system identifies the board boundaries, detects each square, and recognizes the pieces. It generates a FEN string representing the exact position.
The detected position is loaded into Stockfish, which analyzes millions of possibilities per second to find the best move. You get the evaluation score, best continuation, and alternative moves.
Our chess position scanner works with various image sources:
If the Position Reader isn't available or you want to use the free tier, you can set up positions manually:
The chess solver from image feature is useful in many situations:
Ready to try it? Open our chess solver and upload your first screenshot. For complete game analysis, try our AI game analyzer where you can paste PGN and review every move.
Yes! Upload a screenshot or photo of any chess board to our scanner. It uses computer vision to detect the position and converts it into a FEN string that Stockfish can analyze. The solver then finds the best move.
Our Position Reader works with screenshots from any chess book, video, or article. It also recognizes physical chess boards from photos, though digital screenshots produce the most accurate results.
Digital screenshots have 95%+ accuracy. Physical board photos depend on lighting, angle, and piece visibility. For best results, take photos from directly above with good lighting.
The Position Reader is a Pro feature ($9.99/mo). You can use the free chess solver by manually setting up positions on the board or pasting FEN strings.
FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation) describes a chess position as text. For example: 'rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3' represents the position after 1.e4. You can paste FEN into our solver instead of using images.
Yes! Take a clear photo of the chess diagram from the book. Our scanner will attempt to detect the position. For printed diagrams, results are good. For hand-drawn or small diagrams, manual FEN entry may be more reliable.
Upload a screenshot or set up a position for deep analysis.
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