Chess Scanner

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4.4
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About this game

Scan your score sheets to digitize your games.

The texts gets extracted from the score sheet to generate the game. An overview will display the score sheet with the generated moves. If moves were not correctly recognized, you can easily correct them using move suggestions.

Afterward, you have the option to categorize the games into a tournament, analyze them in Lichess/Chess.com, or export them as a PGN file.

Scanning the score sheets
Score sheets can be captured either with the integrated scanner or selected from the gallery. The score sheet is directly extracted from the image.
Score sheets can be specified for both the White and Black players, which is particularly convenient from the tournament director's perspective. When generating the game, both versions are considered. Up to two score sheets can be specified per player.

Generate Game
The game can be generated directly after scanning the score sheets. Alternatively, you also have the option to manually overlay the move grid.

Supported notations
- English: N/B/R/Q/K
- German: S/L/T/D/K
- Dutch: P/L/T/D/K
- Spanish / Italian: C/A/T/D/R
- French: C/F/T/D/R
- Portuguese: C/B/T/D/R
- Czech / Slovak: J/S/V/D/K

It is possible to specify other notations as well, but these are analyzed based on a model of already supported notation. Therefore, text recognition may be less accurate in such cases.

Game generation
For game generation, the score sheets are sent to our servers. The time required for generation may vary depending on the legibility of the score sheet, length of the game, and internet connection. Typically, this ranges between 1 and 10 seconds.

Overview of the generated game
An overview displays the columns of the score sheet with the generated moves. The background color of each move indicates the likelihood of the move. Tapping on a move takes you directly to the corresponding chess position, where move alternatives are also suggested.

Move suggestions
If moves were not correctly recognized, you can quickly and easily correct them using move suggestions. These are arranged based on probabilities and can be further narrowed down using a filter on the piece to be moved. After making a change, you can regenerate the game from the current move.

Moves crossed out or forgotten on the score sheet?
No problem :)
In the game overview, you can skip moves and insert moves. Afterwards, you can simply regenerate the game with the changes.

Game data
Additionally, you can add player and tournament data to a game. You can also provide further information via a description field.

Overview & filtering of games
An overall overview displays all entered games. You can filter games by tournament, round, and favorites. Additionally, there is a search field allowing you to filter games by players or game descriptions.

Exporting games (*)
Filtered games or individual games can be exported as a PGN file. In the settings, you can specify which data the PGN file should contain, such as tournament, round, date, etc.

Importing games
Additional games can be imported into the app via PGN files.

Analyse games (*)
To analyze the games, they can be opened directly in Lichess and Chess.com.

(*) Features available with premium only

If any errors occur or if you have any suggestions or improvements, feel free to email me at:
steffen@chessscanner.com
Updated on
Mar 28, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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Ratings and reviews

4.4
40 reviews
Huy Ly
March 18, 2025
I boought 1 year subscription but when I switch to new phone, the subscription disappear, please help add purchase restore function or refund to me. Thanks. Reply 1: thank you for reply. And I only use one Google Account for Play Store... Reply 2: I have to subscribe again, uninstall the app and install again, and it work. Thank you for your supporting, keep your great work for better accuracy recognize chess notations. I changed my review to 5 stars.
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Stervs
March 18, 2025
Perfect! That's great to hear! I will add your instruction for switching to a new device to the website. If you have any other suggestions or ideas to improve the app, feel free to reach out to me. Thank for your support and for taking the time to share your solution!
Ralph Phillips
May 16, 2025
This has been very useful for archiving some club games. Looking forward to using it after tournaments.
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Stervs
May 19, 2025
Thank you. Let me know if you run into any problems. Best of luck in your upcoming tournaments!
always true
April 23, 2025
, I buy plan for one month 230, gave chess game for generation but it is not possible, he wants typical game for generation, not believe, not buy he plan ... good response and also gave back my money, developed think More features for growing useful for consumers
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Stervs
April 23, 2025
Sorry if the app didn’t meet your expectations. It’s designed specifically for digitizing chess games played at tournaments. If you have suggestions on how I can make this clearer or if you’d like a refund, please feel free to contact me at support@chessscanner.com

What’s new

- The Turkish notation has been added.
- The scanning process is now started directly via the button on the start page.
- The dialogues now also adapt to smaller screen sizes.
- The target website of shared games from a device with a subscription now also shows the PGN.
- The entire score sheet can now be displayed when recording the game.
- Online games can now also be edited afterwards.