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A chess coach that suggests moves and explains why they work

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    GoChess173

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    Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training

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    Chessmate is a transformer-based model that predicts your next chess move, tailored to players around 1500 ELO on lichess. Soon it will also offer personalized models and a broader range of ELO-based models. Hopefully this can offer a new and innovative way to learn chess and enjoy playing against a uniquely challenging bot!

    2024 · chessmate.ai

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    A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

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    A new chess puzzle to solve every day

    2022

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    We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool. https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss There are these really cool smart chessboards that can suggest moves and track your games... but they’re $400 and weigh 19 pounds. And of course there are apps that can analyze games but tracking and inputting games by hand is a huge pain. Or fully-digital chess apps... but board games are way more fun in real life! We wondered: “why can’t you just do that in software and bring the best…

    2019 · devpost.com

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    Chess for macOS

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    A fun and free way to learn chess.

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    Easily explore, analyse and practice chess openings

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    A real-time move calculator for online Chess

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    Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.

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    Chessy1

    Your games, your chess coach

    10d ago · chessyapp.com

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    Create board game rules and covers with machine learning

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    Chess pattern training. No timers, no streaks, no ratings.

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    Zilch is an online platform created to help folks level up their coding skills with a suite of well-known games (like Table Tennis, Tic-Tac-Toe and Chess) that are built to be played by bots - bots you design and program. Here's a 3 minute overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsWdtWx9aE The "manifesto" sums up the rational behind the method: https://www.zilch.dev/manifesto Zilch is in its early stages. It has a lot of room to grow! Your feedback will have a big impact on its future direction. Thanks! Braden

    2024 · zilch.dev

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    Monsiv74

    Fast, simple game but with real deep strategy

    2018

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    Hello! I created SpicyChess(https://spicychess.com) because I wanted a tactics training app that would have the following features: - Spaced Repetition. - Countdown time to simulate blitz Chess where you have to find the best move quickly. - The ability to save puzzles for later review. I'd love to hear any feedback that you may have !

    2023 · spicychess.com

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    Hi HN, I’ve released a new version of chess-tui, a Rust terminal UI for playing live games against Lichess opponents. The update includes a cleaner TUI, better performance, improved keybindings, and smoother real-time integration with the Lichess API. It’s designed as a simple, fast way to play chess without leaving the terminal. Repo:https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui Feedback and bug reports are welcome. Happy to answer questions!

    Dec 2025 · github.com

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    AI Chess Analysis and Game Review Platform

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    Play Chess Online. No Sign-Up. No Ratings. Just Play.

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    Prep smarter. Play sharper. Chess prep in your browser.

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    Chess analysis built to explain, not just evaluate

    12d ago · deepchess.dev

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