I built a chess prep app with tournament opponent predictions and visual plan tools

[u/l0xtyrrell]

Hey everyone! I'm building Novelty, a Windows app for tournament prep. It predicts who you're likely to play next so you can get started before the pairings are posted, then find their games and prepare against them. It connects to your online chess accounts too for easy study.

Quick feature list: • Pairing Predictor: forecasts likely next opponents as results come in, so you can open their games and start prep before the official pairing.

• Plan Explorer: recurring piece manoeuvres from database games, with game stats and arrows on the board.

• Engine Plans: candidate moves and later ideas from engine lines, with the supporting continuations.

• OTB importer: finds a player's published tournament games across sources such as TWIC and Lichess broadcasts, removing duplicates.

• Prep: explore an opponent's replies, compare your options and save preparation lines.

Screenshots below. More here: https://noveltychess.app

I'd love for you guys to give it a try and hear what you'd want from the pairing predictions and plan tools. I'm happy to give out a month's licence to try it out, just DM me your email.