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Chess Move Explainer

Explain why the engine's best move is best in plain words.

Intermediate14h1 person17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Chess Move Explainer for chess learners in ~14h with 1 person. Stack: Chess engine + LLM + Next.js.

Why it wins: Learning tool for a huge audience.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Engine evaluations do not teach the ideas behind moves.
02 · Solution
Combine an engine's analysis with an LLM to explain plans, threats and mistakes for each move.
03 · Build
  1. 1Run engine analysis
  2. 2Extract features
  3. 3Explain
  4. 4Practice
04 · Demo
Paste a game and read the explanation of a blunder.

MVP checklist

  • Move explanations
  • Blunder detection
  • Plans
  • Practice positions

Tech stack

TechRole
Chess engineTooling
LLMLanguage model
Next.jsFrontend + API routes

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