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Chess scoresheet and PGN solutions
Start with the outcome you need: capture notation, create a PGN, archive a collection, or support a player.
Capture a game from paper or photo
Turn handwritten notation and board photos into structured chess data.
Chess Board Scanner: Photo to FEN and Scoresheet to PGN
Photograph a chess board and get the position as FEN for 1 credit, or scan the scoresheet for the whole game as PGN. Which to use, and what happens after.
View solutionChess Scoresheet Scanner: What It Is and What It Costs
The ScanChess scanner in plain terms — where it runs, what a scan costs, what it does well, and what it does not do. No install required.
View solutionScan Chess Notation: How Handwriting Becomes SAN
How ScanChess reads handwritten chess notation — shorthand like "dc", look-alike letters — and why every move is replayed on a board and rule-checked.
View solutionPhoto to PGN: Getting the Shot Right
What separates a photo that converts cleanly from one that does not — light, angle, folds, double-sided sheets — and how to check the result in five seconds.
View solutionConvert to standard PGN
Create a portable game file for Lichess, Chess.com, ChessBase, and SCID.
Chess Board Image to FEN: How to Convert a Photo, Screenshot or Diagram
Convert a chess board image to FEN in four steps: upload a screenshot, diagram or top-down photo, check the flagged squares and side to move, then copy or analyze the FEN.
View solutionChess PGN Converter: What Comes Out and Where It Opens
The PGN a conversion produces — the seven-tag header, the movetext, multi-game files — and how to open it in Lichess, Chess.com, ChessBase or SCID.
View solutionConvert a Chess Scoresheet to PGN
Photograph a handwritten chess scoresheet, check the moves the recognizer flags, and download a standard PGN that opens in Lichess, Chess.com or ChessBase.
View solutionDigitize and archive collections
Preserve tournament and club scoresheets in a searchable digital form.
Digitize Your Chess Games: Working Through a Backlog
A method for turning years of paper scoresheets into a searchable archive — batching, naming, tagging and backup — without abandoning it in week two.
View solutionTournament Scoresheet Archiving: For Arbiters and Organizers
Turn an event's paper scoresheets into a PGN archive: what FIDE expects you to keep, how to scan between rounds, and how to publish games players will replay.
View solutionWorkflows for coaches and families
Keep a student’s or child’s over-the-board games ready for review.
Digitize Your Students' Games: ScanChess for Coaches
Turn a stack of students' scoresheets into PGN in minutes, build each player's game archive, and prepare lessons from the games they actually played.
View solutionSaving Your Child's Chess Games: A Parent's Guide
Your child comes home with paper scoresheets. How to turn them into games you can replay together, keep for good, and use to see how they are improving.
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