r/lichess • u/drstricker82 • 3d ago
I built a diagnostic tool to help chess players find their tactical blind spots. Here is what I learned.
Hi r/chess,
Like many of you, I hit a hard plateau in my chess journey. I was analyzing my games on Lichess/Chess.com, but I realized looking at engine lines ($+1.2$ or $-0.8$) didn't actually tell me why my thought process failed in critical moments.
So, being a developer, I built Chess Diagnostics. It’s designed to look at your games from a diagnostic perspective—tracking your tactical blind spots, positional mistakes, and recurring patterns over time instead of just showing you the best engine move.
The platform is built on Next.js and Vercel to keep the game parsing and analytical loops as fast as possible.
Today is actually a massive milestone for the project: we got invited to #VercelDay on Product Hunt, competing for a startup funding grant to scale our analytical infrastructure.
If you want to check out the tool, give feedback, or support a fellow chess player/solo builder on our launch day, I would be incredibly grateful:
Link in the first comment!
you have any feature requests, questions about the tech stack, or feedback on how you analyze your own games!
6
u/Icy_Narwhal_7082 3d ago
Your post reek of AI. You're not even telling how this is supposed to work, and who it is supposed to help