Best move foundDEMO
HUMAN MOVE · MAIA
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About 46 MB on first use. Analysis runs in your browser.The engine will show the strongest move it finds.
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IMAGE POSITION
From photo
to analysis
Photograph a chessboard or upload a screenshot. Compare the engine's best move with likely moves from players around your level.
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POSITION ANALYSIS
What's the next move?
The strongest move found
or a likely human choice.
Position details
HOW IT WORKSThree steps
Three steps
to a position
From a photo of a screen to a clear analysis right here.
Add a photo
Photograph the board, choose a screenshot from your gallery, or paste an image from the clipboard.
See the board
The pieces appear on the board as soon as the image is recognized. If anything is wrong, take another photo.
Compare moves
See Stockfish's choice and likely human moves. Set an approximate rating for the human mode.
FAQCommon
Common
questions
About recognizing a chessboard from a photo and analyzing moves.
Can I upload a photo of a screen instead of a screenshot?
Yes. Include all 64 squares in the photo. If the pieces are recognized incorrectly, take another picture.
Can I change the side to move after recognition?
Yes. Switch between White and Black above the board, or flip the board. Castling rights are inferred from the king and rook positions; a single image cannot reveal the game history.
How is the best move different from a human move?
Stockfish suggests the strongest move it finds. A human move predicts what a player might choose. The most popular human move is not always the strongest.
Does Elo match Chess.com ratings exactly?
No. Maia was trained on Lichess games, so Chess.com ratings are only a rough guide. The 100–500 Elo range is an experimental beginner simulation, not a calibrated rating model.
Do I need to leave the site for Lichess analysis?
No. Stockfish and Maia run here in your browser. Opening move frequencies come from a public Lichess game database.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. Recognition happens in your browser. An internet connection is needed to load the site and models, but your photo is not sent for analysis.
Where do the game move frequencies come from?
Some opening positions show statistics from the public Lichess rated games database for January 2013. They appear only when enough games are available and are separate from Maia's probabilities.