ScanChess
Chess images to FEN. Scoresheets to PGN.

About ScanChess
ScanChess is a free web tool for over-the-board chess players, coaches and school clubs. Upload a clear board screenshot, 2D diagram or top-down photo to get editable FEN, or upload the pages of a game in order to review moves and export PGN. PGN/FEN viewers and Stockfish analysis need no account; scanning uses free signup credits.
Site check
How scanchess.com reads to AI assistants and search engines, measured on its public homepage.
89/100Website Show Score
For AI assistants5 of 7
For search engines8 of 8
All 15 findings
For AI assistants
- AI crawlersrobots.txt allows all 6 checked AI crawlers.
- Structured dataStructured data present, but no Product or SoftwareApplication node was found.
- Stated purposeTitle, description and H1 are present and distinct. H1: "Chess images to FEN. Scoresheets to PGN."
- Content without JavaScript1331 words of text are present in the raw HTML.
- Dated contentNo dateModified or datePublished found in structured data.
- Questions and answersFAQPage structured data found.
- llms.txt/llms.txt found, 147 lines.
For search engines
- IndexingNo noindex directive found in markup, headers or robots.txt.
- Title52 characters: "ScanChess · Chess Images to FEN & Scoresheets to PGN"
- Meta description148 characters.
- Main headingOne H1: "Chess images to FEN. Scoresheets to PGN."
- Canonical URLCanonical: https://scanchess.com/
- SitemapSitemap declared in robots.txt.
- Link previewsog:title, og:description and og:image are all present.
- Image descriptions15 of 15 images have an alt attribute.
Checked on scanchess.com by WebsiteShowBot, engine v0.1.0. It measures technical and content signals that affect how AI assistants and search engines read a site, not whether they mention or recommend it: an automated measurement, not a rating or an endorsement. The site’s owner can hide it or check again from the listing’s management page.
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