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. 

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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  Pavel's Journey into Chess and Programming

10:30 Evolution of Chess Vision 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 ChessvisionAI:

Email- Pawel at chessvision.ai

Twitter/X- 

https://twitter.com/ChessvisionAI

Discord- 

https://discord.gg/zkcBPhWhme

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