ScanChess

ScanChess

Chess OCR: board photos → FEN, scoresheets → PGN

ScanChess turns chess board photos and handwritten scoresheets into editable FEN and shareable PGN. Built for over-the-board players, coaches and school clubs who need a fast path from a phone photo to analysis or replay.

Productivity · Education · Open Source

Features

Board photo and diagram OCR to editable FEN

Handwritten scoresheet pages to reviewable PGN

Browser PGN/FEN viewers with no account

Freemium OCR with free starter credits after Google sign-in

Use Cases

OTB players photographing a board mid-game for analysis

Coaches digitizing student scoresheets after a tournament

School chess clubs archiving games without manual typing

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Comments

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Built ScanChess after too many OTB games were lost to phone photos and paper scoresheets — wanted a fast OCR path to FEN/PGN for players and coaches.

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