I finally managed to release my free OTB tracker app ChessGaze to Android as well.

In the video I am playing the white pieces and my OTB tracker which is looking the board fixed by a tripod, playing the black pieces as 700 Elo stockfish (I have different levels as well which can be selected for the bots menu).

Each time I make a move with white pieces, my app makes a counter move with black pieces highlighted with yellow and green, it also announces the move if you have the audio opened you will hear it. I just obey its orders and move the pieces when it is black's turn

App works quite fast so I did not edit the video at all. I am the bottle neck thinking my moves and following app direction not the app.

After the game finished I exported my game to lichess in pgn format to analyze it:

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZbU10dX1IvA

Next I am implementing VAR system to help tournament organizers.

I am a solo dev please give your feedbacks.

a while back i posted a free tool here that turns a chess image on your screen into a playable lichess board. some of you tried it and left feedback, and the most common ask was "can it skip the screenshot step and just read whatever board is already on my screen." this is that.

quick background if you missed the first post: fenshot is an open source library i wrote that looks at a picture of a chess board, from lichess, chesscom, a random screenshot, even a diagram in a chess book, and reconstructs the exact position. the reading is done by a small neural net i trained from scratch. i went that way because the old open source reader confuses pieces on a lot of themes and can't read book diagrams at all. mine was trained on positions rendered across ~72 piece sets and ~55 board themes, including the lichess sets, plus book diagram styles, so it reads things the legacy one chokes on.

the extension: click the icon, it reads the board on the current page, and one more click opens that exact position on lichess analysis so you can keep going from there. the use case i actually built it for: someone posts a puzzle as an image, and instead of eyeballing it you're on a real board two clicks later, moving pieces.

things worth knowing:

- free, open source (MIT), no account. everything runs locally in your browser, nothing is uploaded anywhere.

- honest by design: every read carries per-square confidence. if it can't find a board, or isn't sure about the read, it tells you instead of handing you a wrong position.

- if the one-click read misses, you can drag a box around the board, upload an image, or just paste a screenshot with ctrl+v.

links:

- chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fenshot-chess-board-to-fe/fpkdijjlnafehkdkjmkppcekocjdomkc

- web version, no install: https://fenshot.com

- source: https://github.com/scoriiu/fenshot

chrome is live now. firefox and edge are under review and should be out in a few days, i'll update the post when they land.

feedback welcome, same as last time. and if it ever misreads a board, send me the image, those are the cases i use to improve the model.

Hi! My name is Oliver Wedenberg, and I offer private online chess lessons for players who want to improve their game.

Until August 31, my introductory lesson costs only $10 instead of the usual $15. Further lessons are $20 per hour.

The website currently shows the regular $15 introductory price, but the $10 summer offer applies when you contact me directly.

You can learn more about me and my coaching at https://owedenberg.com, where you can also watch a free 15-minute video showing what one of my coaching sessions looks like before deciding whether to book.

What happens during the introductory lesson?

Before the lesson, you send me a few of your games.

We will analyze them together to identify your strengths, weaknesses, recurring mistakes, and important patterns in your play.

Afterwards, we will discuss your goals and create a personalized training plan based on your level and needs.

The coaching is suitable for complete beginners, improving club players, and tournament players.

About me

My current FIDE rating is 2056, with a peak rating of 2132.

I have been actively competing in chess for more than five years and working as a coach for almost three years.

During this time, I have led group training sessions and worked with a wide range of students, including children and adults, complete beginners, and experienced tournament players.

Since I started as a complete beginner only five years ago, I still remember the mistakes I made and the training methods that helped me improve.

This helps me explain chess concepts in a practical and relatable way.

I qualified for the Nordic Youth Championship, where I finished 8th.

One of my most notable results is a classical victory against the Swedish Champion, who was rated 2455 at the time, in April 2024.

I teach in both English and Swedish.

Contact

Email: [[email protected]]()

Discord: oliverwedenberg

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to book an introductory lesson.

https://reddit.com/link/1v31ztq/video/9d7gv2g0roeh1/player

Reported a player for abusive (racist) messaging after a game around a week ago but it looks like the player's account is active and they are playing. How seriously does lichess take their reports? Why isn't this an instant ban?

It's the third time now that I've lost about 100 elo in rapid, I keep going between 1330 and 1430.

Is it just me? Am I just that inconsistent? Or is there something like a cycle where elo just naturally fluctuates. I checked a couple of opponents accounts and most of them also seem to be on a downward trend.

Seriously I feel like there's something wrong with my brain.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

DISCLAIMER:
I'm posting this to spark conversation on the topic and I'm sorry in case it's already been discussed, I am not aware. I am by no means a master of the game and I can for sure understand that many people don't take online chess as seriously as OTB I just noticed some things lately as I've been trying to play better online and study more chess in general.

CONTEXT:
So I've been playing mostly rapid on the site hovering around 2100 rating. In the past year I've been playing more OTB classical which I enjoy the most and I recently achieved a FIDE rating of 1692. This month I haven't been able to fit an OTB tournament on my schedule but I do have one coming up on September so I decided I'll play some short classical games on lichess to get some practice games.

THE ISSUE:
I am honestly amazed at how the rating is inflated on classical specifically. I just won against a player rated 2215 where they blundered a pawn on move 13 and then they spent just 1 minute and they* blundered a tactical sequence that in my opinion is quite easy to see, while they still had over 30 minutes on the clock (we're playing 45+30). I myself didn't even calculate all of the variations but still they allowed a move that creates too many threats and I would have expected them to spend some time even if they still blundered this.

Now I don't want to be rude and maybe my opponent was distracted I just wanted to point out this instance because the past days I've been winning all the time because my opponents rated 2100-2200 keep straight up blundering in the middlegame whereas I noticed players around 2000 put up more of a balanced fight.

QUESTIONS:
! In your experience, how many of the lichess classical pool consists of active or formerly active OTB players? What is the expected range for the gap between someone's FIDE rating and classical?
! If a mid club player like myself can achieve 2200+ and the highest rated active player sits at 2650 where do the titled players sit at? The rating up top seems to be incredibly condensed compared to the rest of the scale. Am I missing something?