Tools

AI + Chess utilities to help you analyze and create.

Interactive Chess Board

Drag pieces, legal moves, load FEN.

Chess Diagram Maker

FEN→PNG and PGN→WebM for pro diagrams.

Chess GIF Generator

Create animated chess move GIF/WebM from PGN.

Canadian Ratings Estimator

Estimate CFC rating change from event results.

Chess Clock

Two-player clock with presets and increments.

PGN Cleaner

Normalize, strip comments, and tidy PGN files.

FEN Validator

Validate FEN and inspect fields & piece counts.

Opening Explorer

Browse openings and learn common continuations.

Chess960 Generator

Generate Fischer Random start positions.

More tools are coming soon. Click into each tool for details.

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