I made chess eBook Reader that makes chess books interactive.

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pkacprzak

Jan 8, 2020

After I proposed the idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/bextkl/app_idea_make_any_chess_ebook_interactive/ and outstanding beta tests we have 3 months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/d6vp2t/chessvisionai_ebook_reader_beta_testing/ - thanks to all people who helped with beta tests - your are awesome, I couldn’t make it without your ideas and support! - the app is finally available.

It is an eBook Reader for chess ebooks specifically. It makes any PDF chess ebook interactive in that sense that once a book is analyzed by the app, you can double-click on any chess diagram in the book and it will show up the analysis board where you can make your moves, turn the engine on/off, see top 5 computer lines which most often contains lines in the book. Every book is only analyzed once, the next time you open it, you can interact with it immediately.

App URL: https://ebook.chessvision.ai/

Changes made since the beta tests:

a completely new PDF viewer component with page thumbnails, table of contents if a book has it, easy zooming, jump to page, etc.
the analyzing algorithm is trained on many more books
the app remembers on what pages you ended up working with your books and anytime you open them again, it opens them on those pages
more verbose status of the analysis progress, so you can see what’s going on, e.g. finding diagrams on pages 100-150
both monthly and annual subscriptions with pricing suggested by beta testers - annual subscription for the price of one chess book, and cheap monthly for ones that would like to use it occasionally
and more...

The app is completely free to try so everyone can check if it’s suitable for their studies and preferences, and only then decide if the member account helps with that. The only limitation of a free account is that the diagrams are interactive on only over a dozen of first pages containing diagrams in a book.

If you don’t have chess ebooks to try, there are plenty of free samples on the internet, e.g. https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/pdf.htm

App URL: https://ebook.chessvision.ai/
Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/elvtdx/i_made_chess_ebook_reader_that_makes_chess_books/
Join discord for discussion: https://discord.gg/6BptVHC

Any comments much appreciated

antisunechess

Jan 11, 2020

Wow, amazing project. Does the app work on anything or does it have certain limitations?

antisunechess

Jan 11, 2020

Just tried it! Works really smoothly. I will finally be able to study without a chessboard!

pkacprzak

Jan 11, 2020

antisunechess wrote:

Wow, amazing project. Does the app work on anything or does it have certain limitations?

It works with any PDF file at the moment. I'm planning to support more formats in the future, including djvu and epub probably.

I'm glad you like it!

antisunechess

Jan 11, 2020

Exactly how many pages can I read with free version?

TundraMike

Jan 11, 2020

@pkacprzak Super idea and work. I do not own any ebooks so far but if I could get a program to make an ebook interactive I would probably buy a few. Can anyone tell me would it work with the chess ebooks Amazon offers as this is probably what most people have.

pkacprzak

Jan 11, 2020

TundraMike wrote:

As of now, it works with PDF format so if you buy a book in PDF format it will work 100%. If you want to try it with free samples of books in PDF format, you can download many free samples here https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/pdf.htm

antisunechess

Jan 11, 2020

Yeah but look at the whole new quoting possibilities

yairjazz

Jan 13, 2020

This is truly fantastic and much needed app! It works perfectly.
Thanks for doing it.

DrChesspain

Jan 13, 2020

#10

I would be curious about the accuracy rate in recognizing diagrams from old and/or lightly printed diagrams.

st0ckfish

Jan 13, 2020

#11

Love the idea -- I don't have any ebooks, but oh well......

HugeCrab

Oct 2, 2021

#12

Bro, you are a hero. I am going to upgrade soon. Which says a lot because i never pay for any premium anything, not even on this app. But what you did is greater than anything i have ever seen

pkacprzak

Oct 4, 2021

#13

HugeCrab wrote:

Bro, you are a hero. I am going to upgrade soon. Which says a lot because i never pay for any premium anything, not even on this app. But what you did is greater than anything i have ever seen

Happy to hear it works for you!

hikarumakanura

Mar 25, 2022

#14

SOOOOOOOO GOOOD!!!

Hedgehog1963

Mar 13, 2023

#15

I'm going to take this opportunity to thank @pkacprzak for the app. I use it to scan diagrams on web pages, and it opens up an analysis board in Lichess or chess .com. I was on a Jitsi call the other day with an old friend, who is very serious about his chess and rated about 2,000 FIDE. We were looking at a chess position and when I scanned it he was astonished.

zm55

Mar 13, 2023

#16

The ebook reader subscription is very pricey! Any chess.com discounts?

mattmelnick

Mar 13, 2023

#17

This is pretty killer. Thanks.

pkacprzak

Sep 17, 2024

#18

Now (finally) also available as a Mobile App: