Changelog
What's new in ChessAnalyzer.
Every update, newest first. Nothing to install — reload the page and it's already there.
- 3 updates
New sounds
The board sounds are made in the browser now, and every grade has its own note.
- New. Moves, captures, castling, promotions, checks and checkmate each have their own sound, all made on the spot instead of played from audio files.
- New. Every grade has a sound too — a bright rise for a great move, a low thud for a blunder.
- Removed. The old Chess.com sound files are gone, so nothing recorded by another site ships with the app.
- 6 updates
A clearer analysis panel
The panel beside the board is easier to read at a glance.
- New. The score is now the big number at the top, with a bar that shows who is ahead.
- New. The engine's suggestions are a numbered list with the best move first, instead of three identical boxes.
- New. You can see how deeply the engine searched, and which engine it is.
- New. The move you played shows its grade and how much it cost.
- Changed. Reviews now search a little deeper than before, so they agree more often with the live analysis.
- Improved. The opening, the result and the players share one small row.
- 4 updates
A coach that talks like a person
Rook has more to say, and stops praising moves you had no choice about.
- New. If a move was forced, the coach now says so instead of calling it the best move.
- Improved. The coach has more ways to describe the same idea, so it no longer repeats one sentence over and over.
- Improved. The coach's picture is bigger when you walk through a game.
- Fixed. The coach's mouth moves while it talks, even if your computer is set to reduce animations.
- 3 updates
Reviews finish in a fraction of the time
The app was doing three times more work than it needed to.
- Improved. The app asked the engine for three lines of analysis but only ever used the first. Asking for one makes reviews about four times faster.
- Fixed. A 33-move game now takes about 20 seconds instead of 85, and no longer sits at 94%.
- Fixed. The arrow on the button keeps spinning while the review runs, even with animations reduced.
- 4 updates
Phone and small-screen fixes
The things that used to be a scroll away, or a few pixels too wide.
- Fixed. The end-of-game card fits on a phone now, so “Walk Through Moves” is visible without scrolling.
- Fixed. Long player names no longer push the score out of the accuracy card on smaller laptops.
- New. On phones there are move buttons under the board, so you can step through a game without scrolling away.
- Fixed. The Chess.com / Lichess switch fills the search box properly on a phone.
- 5 updates
A new look and clearer names
A knight, a warmer palette, and words that say what they mean.
- New. A new logo — a knight with a rising line — with the tagline centred under the name.
- Changed. “Game Review” is now “Match Breakdown”, and “Start Review” is “Walk Through Moves”.
- Changed. The grades read Masterstroke, Best, Strong, Solid, Theory, Inaccuracy, Mistake, Blunder and Missed Win.
- New. A warmer colour scheme, with a slate board by default.
- Fixed. Long usernames no longer run under the score in the end-of-game card.
- 3 updates
Links and imports
A pasted Chess.com link now opens the game instead of asking who played it.
- Fixed. Chess.com game links open the right game.
- Fixed. Links to a game's review page are recognised too.
- Improved. If a link has no username in it, the app still asks for one — Chess.com doesn't offer another way.