idChess is Friflex's flagship project in the field of sports digitization

At Friflex we love chess. Our CEO Petr Chernyshev is a CMS in chess and the author of textbooks for primary and secondary schools Chess in School. Since 2018, we have been running FinChess, gathering clients and partners at the chessboard.

In 2019, we developed idChess, a unique project that has become our flagship project in the field of digitization of sports. In 2019, at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, we presented idChess for the first time.

idChess at the Web Summit in Lisbon, 2019

Task

Replace an expensive solution

idChess was created by amateur chess players for chess players all over the world. It helps children, parents, and tournament organizers.

Prior to the idChess project, special electronic chess boards with chips were used to broadcast the game to screens during tournaments. Thanks to them, you can track every move and display the games on the screen or online. Such boards are very expensive (from 40 thousand rubles), difficult to use and install. That is why our CEO Petr Chernyshev decided to create an AI-based solution that will be able to recognize and digitize what is happening on the board.

What can idChess do?

Recognize, record, share chess games

• 1.

  Digitization and recognition of chess games played on a real board.

• 2.

  Live streaming of one board games and tournaments.

• 3.

  Instant viewing of recorded games.

• 4.

  Reading downloaded PGN files.

• 5.

  The ability to share digitized / downloaded games in PGN, GIF format or a direct link to the game in the web version of the app player.

• 6.

  Analysis of games using the Stockfish built-in chess engine.

• 7.

  Displaying a selection of games of famous chess players.

idChess set

With idChess, we came up with a comprehensive solution - the idChess Premium suite. It includes a certificate for unlimited use of the idChess app for a year, as well as a tripod holder that securely fixes the smartphone above the board.