Credits & Thanks
Shahmat is built on the shoulders of many open-source projects, platforms, and services. Thanks to everyone contributing to these.
Game Sources & APIs
Special thanks to Chess.com and Lichess.org for providing public APIs that make game imports possible.
Published-Data API for game imports
Lichess API for game imports
Open game database for broadcast analysis
Weekly PGN archive of elite tournament games since 1994, curated by Mark Crowther
AI & Development
Shahmat was built by a solo founder working with AI. This section exists because it's true — without these tools, this product wouldn't exist.
The AI research company behind Claude — the reason a solo founder can build all of this
AI pair programmer. Co-authored the vast majority of Shahmat's codebase, from architecture to deployment
DeepSeek V3 powers the AI coaching feature via Vertex AI
Analysis Engine
Core Stack
Libraries
Fonts & Resources
Primary typeface
Serif accent typeface
Board piece artwork
Opening classification data from Lichess
Services
Cloud Run, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Cloud Build, Artifact Registry
Dedicated analysis server (AX102) running Stockfish workers
DNS, CDN, and Worker proxy
Authentication, database, and edge functions
Source code and CI/CD
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