What’s new in chess.rodeo

Game videos and My Videos

Videos made from your games for TikTok, YouTube or Instagram are now kept in My Videos, where you can also watch them.

• -Make a video from the game page: 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, speed, board side and more
• -Finished videos stay in My Videos for 30 days and can be watched on the site without downloading
• -How many videos you can still make today is shown before you press the button

New player insights

The insights page was rebuilt: rating, accuracy, openings and habits, with examples from games shown on boards with arrows.

• -Rating trend, accuracy spread, opening stats and habits: how often you lose right after a loss or win after one, lose on time, resign
• -Filters by period and time control: bullet, blitz, rapid
• -An opening table with win rate, accuracy and number of games, sortable by any column
• -Peak rating for each time control in the player header
• -Worst blunders with the evaluation swing, and mistakes by game phase
• -Interesting games, missed brilliant moves and opening mistakes on boards with arrows

Play vs AI

You can play Stockfish on chess.rodeo: pick a level and a time control, and open the analysis after the game.

• -Stockfish at 8 levels, from Toddler (600) to Grandmaster (2300)
• -A chess clock with several time controls, plus games with no time limit
• -Captured pieces and material advantage next to each player
• -Browse the moves during the game with the arrow keys or by clicking a move
• -The game is saved to your games, and its analysis opens with one button

Mini boards in the games list and an analysis counter

• -Each game in the list shows a mini board, the opening and key moments
• -A counter on the home page shows how many games have been analysed, updating live

Russian interface and sign-in by link

The interface is translated into Russian, you can sign in with a link from an email, and Terms and Legal Info pages were added.

• -The whole interface in Russian
• -Sign in with a link from an email, no password
• -Player avatars load together with imported games
• -Terms of Service and Legal Info pages

Link previews and new typefaces

A new picture for links shared on social media, new typefaces, and extension banners in the same style.

• -A new picture for links shared on social media. Added to a phone home screen, the site is named chess.rodeo instead of chess.koz.tv
• -Body text is set in Figtree, headings in EB Garamond
• -Chrome extension banners are restyled to match

Analysis keeps its ratings while you browse

While a game is being analysed you can browse the moves, and moves already rated keep their ratings.

• -Move ratings no longer disappear when you browse the game during analysis
• -Black’s move numbers during analysis are no longer one too high

Analysis depth on screen

Next to the evaluation you can show the depth Stockfish reached. Turn it on in analysis settings.

• -For positions from a saved analysis, the depth they were actually computed at is shown
• -Accuracy is no longer written with a double percent sign

Highlight games on the home page

The home page shows recent games worth a look: comebacks, brilliant moves, near-flawless play, titled players, blunder-fests and the longest games.

• -Fresher games rank higher, and no more than three of one kind are shown
• -A sacrifice in an already lost position no longer counts as a brilliant move

Board flip control

Flip the board from the analysis UI or with a hotkey.

• -Flip button in analysis
• -Keyboard shortcut: F