A narrative engine for chess
Turn any chess game into a comic book, a narrative, or a grandmaster's review. Three renderings of the same moves.
See it in action
The same moves, reframed as a comic, a story, or a spoken review. Switch tabs to feel the difference.
Chapter I
The Initial Skirmish
Painted page after page, panel by panel — the opening moves reframed with character dialogue and period-accurate art.
First three pages
Read full comic →Anderssen gives away both rooks, a bishop, and finally the queen — and mates with the three minor pieces he has left. The defining game of Romantic chess, played casually between tournament rounds in 1851.
The library
Not ready to paste your own? The presses have been running — browse the finished work by game, world, or art tradition.
Game of the Week
Morphy, a duke, and a count in a Paris opera box, 1858 — development against greed, settled in sixteen moves. The game every chess teacher reaches for first.
Read this week’s pick →
The famous games of chess — each read move for move, with its editions beside it.
17 games on the shelf · Browse →
Real games recast into worlds that change everything except the moves.
Latest: “The Road from Vermilion Walls” · The War of the Three Kingdoms
32 tellings on the shelf · Browse →
Every cover drawn from a real game — browse by the art tradition it was drawn in.
31 editions on the shelf · Browse →
Four formats
Flagship
Every move becomes a panel. Pick a world, pick an art style, share the page like a meme. The format most people send to a friend after a good win.
Paste your game to make one →Core
Chapter-length prose with characters, tension, and an epilogue. For the reader who wants the game to feel like a novel, not an engine dump.
Paste your game to make one →Chapter I
The annals record that the first breath of war did not smell of blood, but of damp earth and spring rain. At the behest of his sovereign, Soldier En Bao was the first to cross the boundary — the forward line of an army roused from winter slumber.
Page 1 · Gates vs. Carlsen
Black to play
1650 · Advanced
Find the winning move.
Drag a piece to solve
Secondary
Tactics matched to your game’s opening, the players’ level, and the motifs it featured — plus the sharpest moments from the game itself. Drag the pieces to solve, right on the board.
Paste your game to train →Tertiary
Your story, narrated. Ten to thirty minutes depending on the game — background listening while you cook, commute, or stretch.
Paste your game to make one →Prologue
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“It is recorded in the imperial archives that the mandate of heaven is not lost in sweeping proclamations…”
Want to see finished ones first? The comics gallery → · the stories → · the full catalogue →
Curious how a position becomes a page? Explore the comic art traditions → · notes from the Lab →
Pricing
Your first story is on us. After that, generate comics, stories, and audio narrations one at a time, or subscribe for a monthly plan. See finished examples →
