What does ChessTing do?

ChessTing helps you scout opponents, review games in plain English, and train the weaknesses that cost you rating.

Which platforms does ChessTing support?

Scout and analyze players from Chess.com and Lichess, search FIDE players, and paste PGN for game review.

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Changelog

Current release: v2.5.8 Fortress · 2026-07-21. ChessTing has been built across product eras since late 2025 (~9 months of milestones) — not a single sprint. This log lists 35 release milestones covering ~270+ shipped commits. Detailed notes also live in CHANGELOG.md.

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Ideas and issues go straight to support@chessting.com. No account required.

v2.5.8 Fortress

21 Jul 2026Domain & communityCurrent

chessting.com live with brand knight mark, favicons, and support@ email
Clerk production domain + /__clerk proxy on chessting.com (no broken vercel.app accounts host)
Coach verification, student ratings, and portfolio on /coaches/[username]
Vanity profiles: Activity / Photos / Posts tabs with status + photo posts
Product suggestion box → support@chessting.com

v2.5.7 Fortress

21 Jul 2026Board chrome

Opaque sticky bars on Live / drills — no wash over the board
Puzzle hint no longer overlaps board help captions
Composure scoring: rematches first; streaks alone can't zero the bar

v2.5.6 Fortress

21 Jul 2026

Review analysis settings stay inside the viewport (portal + clamp)
Sticky analysis controls no longer see-through over the board
Checkout / billing / tournament-pack APIs no longer Clerk-404 when signed out

v2.5.5 Fortress

20 Jul 2026

Skip Vercel Analytics noise on GitHub Pages; Learn daily puzzle fallbacks
Forgot password on custom sign-in; Stripe smoke + ops-alert test route

v2.5.4 Fortress

20 Jul 2026

Forgot-password recovery flow (email code → new password → optional MFA)
Stripe webhook / portal / price-map smoke coverage and ops alert ping

v2.5.3 Fortress

20 Jul 2026

Dismissible Pages full-access banner; Safari visualViewport board height caps
Live / Compare / Tournament hide SSR fallbacks before paint

v2.5.2 Fortress

20 Jul 2026

Prep, compare, forum, coaches empty states and mobile Prep quick nav
Forum category chips; larger prep touch targets; contrast polish

v2.5.1 Fortress

20 Jul 2026

Board layouts keep Hint / Next / Jump-to-live visible beside large boards
Docs + legal TOC shells; skip-link and 44px touch-target a11y pass

v2.5.0 Fortress

13 Jul 2026Production readiness

Atomic quotas, secured scouting, signed tournament packs, verified checkout
Bounded cloud import, profile, coach, forum, and social write validation
Account export/delete, retention cleanup, fair-use claims
End-to-end release gates and Fortress audit checklist

v2.4.1 Reliability

13 Jul 2026

Review confirms engine readiness before quota use
Pricing, coach limits, and tournament purchase verification aligned
Regression tests and exact-head CI gate for production changes

v2.4.0 Governance

28 Jun 2026Trust & legal

Staff roles, moderation dashboard, forum/coach listing controls
UK-focused Privacy, Terms, Cookies, and Community Guidelines

v2.3.0 Community

28 Jun 2026Community layer

Forums, activity comments, coach marketplace, in-app notifications
Chess.com streamers in Live Arena; drill session auto-post
Upgrade modal with direct Stripe checkout

v2.2.0 Social

20 Jun 2026Training identity

Strava/Instagram-style vanity profiles at /u and /@username
Follow graph and /feed training timeline
Tagline, location, linked Chess.com / Lichess handles

v2.1.1 Pulse

18 Jun 2026

Client-side quota checks — no usage API 402 spam
Auto-post reviews and Live Arena saves to profile timeline
Save to notebook on Live Arena; eval-swing critical moments

v2.1.0 Pulse

15 Jun 2026

Live Arena in primary nav with /live/:gameId deep links
Critical moments panel and post-game review CTA
Profile activity feed scaffold and /roadmap scope page

v2.0.0 Arena

10 Jun 2026Live + profiles

Live Arena feed with Lichess TV integration
Public profiles with privacy toggle
Phase 1 trust fixes: scout samples, review shell, prescription handoffs

v1.9.0 Identity

28 May 2026Accounts

Clerk auth (username, MFA, legal consent) and branded auth shell
Prisma profiles, entitlements API, usage quota banner
Guest scouts; Clerk FAPI proxy for hosted deploys

v1.8.0 Stream

20 May 2026

SSE scout streaming and partial dashboard updates
Incremental analysis and training progress cloud sync
Guided coach workspace mode; Prisma deploy on Vercel builds

v1.7.0 Loop

12 May 2026Scout → review → train

End-to-end scout / review / train product loop
Prescription handoffs and drill provider fallbacks
Unified board presets; chessground HiDPI drag fixes

v1.6.0 Polish

5 May 2026

Footer, 404, loading states, and form-field accessibility
Coach workspace, live games, and position analyzer polish
Bot board sizing, crowns, hint arrows

v1.5.0 Motion

28 Apr 2026

Chessground interactive boards and fluid layout
Browser extension with local Stockfish eval
Period picker and scout prep collapse

v1.4.0 Extension

18 Apr 2026

Chess.com-style move quality badges, colors, glyphs
Miss classification; browser overlay scaffold; PGN import
Review overview accordion and walkthrough tabs

v1.3.0 Review

8 Apr 2026Analysis UX

Unified analysis UX across review, quiz, scout, drills, coach, live
ChessKit board sizing and multi-PV engine analysis
Move-quality UI polish and competitive UX gap closure

v1.2.0 Board

28 Mar 2026

BoardShell, precision scores, coach walkthrough, engine lines
Tournament PDF and Stripe prep pack
Methodology page; private analytics dashboard

v1.1.0 Coach

15 Mar 2026Coach workspace

Coach workspace: custom drills, assignments, student goals
Student portal with contextual views
Tournament Prep Pack UI; Chess.com-style review board

v1.0.0 Pro

1 Mar 2026SaaS baseline

Player Pro and Coach tier infrastructure
Stripe integration and pricing pages
All-unlocked GitHub Pages mirror mode

v0.9.0 Prep

15 Feb 2026

Prep tools, training plans, linked accounts, spoken coach
FIDE live search, tiered coaching, game-plan and report cards
Legends gallery and watchlist prep board roles

v0.8.0 Live

1 Feb 2026Live & drills

Live annotated games with mid-join coaching
Lichess puzzle API and Chess.com drills
H2H compare, engine scout, Twin Bot improvements

v0.7.0 Depth

15 Jan 2026

Radar, self-review, archetypes tabs
Stockfish-backed scout narratives (tempo, aggression, accuracy)
Self vs opponent scouting split and study guide

v0.6.0 Pages

20 Dec 2025Static hosting

GitHub Pages static export deploy path
Engine loading fix for static hosting
Analysis caching and Learn tools polish

v0.5.0 Review

5 Dec 2025

Game Review with Chess.com-style coaching
Recurring mistakes, perf heatmap, rating-tier split
Position analyzer and move quiz

v0.4.0 Learn

20 Nov 2025Training hub

Learn hub with engine-backed bots, lessons, and drills
Tournament mode and OG share image
Self-analysis mode, glossary, friendlier empty states

v0.3.0 Engine

1 Nov 2025

Stockfish WASM engine and Blunder Gallery
Watchlist, period trend, opening recommender, pre-game cheat sheet
Scouting Report and Playing Style UI

v0.2.0 Core

15 Oct 2025Foundation

Chess.com and Lichess opponent scouting
Twin Bot, Study Mode, head-to-head compare
Opening repertoire, Victory Plan, traps, Legends, endgame stats

v0.1.0 Genesis

1 Oct 2025Kickoff

Initial ChessTing build — Chess.com / Lichess analysis product direction

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