Perpetual Chess Podcast11 Nov 2025

EP 458: Pawel Kacprzak: The Founder of Chessvision.ai on Scanning Chess Diagrams, Digital Flashcards, and Building a Chess Business

Polish programmer and chess enthusiast Pawel Kacprzak joins me to share the story behind Chessvision.ai. Chessvision.ai is a helpful app and browser extension that can scan chess diagrams and connect them to related YouTube videos and chess books, and allows you to easily turn these positions into digital flashcards. We talk about how Pawel’s side project grew into a full-time business, what it takes to build tech tools for chess players, and what Pawel has planned next for his growing platform.Pawel also discusses his enthusiasm for following professional chess, and his own approach to chess improvement. I have become a big fan of Pawel’s product, and I enjoyed chatting with him. Thanks to our sponsor ⁠Chessable.com⁠, check out their Black Friday sale here: ⁠https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/all/offer/?utm_source=chessable&utm_medium=shop_hero_banner&utm_campaign=enblackfriday2_2025⁠ 0:02- Pawel Kacprzak joins me! Mentioned: NM Han Schut’s video overviews of Chessvision.ai ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqwK8Q1NEjg⁠ 03:00 The Impact of Daniel Naroditsky 06:00 Pawel's Journey into Chess and Programming 10:30 Evolution of Chessvision.ai 17:00 ⁠Patreon mailbag question⁠: Can one use Chessvision.ai to scan diagrams from physical chess boards? 19:00 ⁠Patreon mailbag question⁠: What features will Pawel work on developing next? 23:00 Subscription Models and Accessibility 28:00 Community Engagement and Support 29:30- ⁠Patreon mailbag question⁠: Does Pawel consider himself an adult improver? 33:30 Chess Resources and Learning 35:30 Closing Thoughts and Advice Thanks to Pawel for joining me! Here is how to reach him, as well as how to find out more about Chessvision.ai: Email- Pawel at ⁠Chessvision.ai⁠ Twitter/X- ⁠https://twitter.com/ChessvisionAI⁠ Discord- ⁠https://discord.gg/zkcBPhWhme⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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