Chess FEN Visualizer

AnkiWeb addon 841766736

Renders chess positions from FEN notation as inline SVG in Anki cards, with configurable board size, square color, and coordinate display.
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Rating: 2 (👍 2 · 👎 0)
Updated: 2023-08-20
Anki versions: 2.1.54~
Description language: en

Maintenance

abandoned

Last update or commit was 1138 days before the snapshot (2023-08-20).

GitHub

Repository: lwerdna/anki-fen-vis · more by lwerdna
Stars: ⭐ 2 · forks 1 · open issues 2
Last commit: 2023-08-20
License: Unlicense
Languages: Python, Makefile
Tests: 0

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Version branches

Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.0	2.1.54+	2023-08-20

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README

anki-fen-vis

This is an Anki plugin to place chess boards in cards with FEN notation:

It's tested on Anki version 2.1.54. It's a spiritual successor to:

name	date	ANKI version
FEN chess visualizer 2.1 (ankiweb)	2019-03-02	2.0, 2.1
FEN chess visualizer (ankiweb) (github)	2016-11-29	2.0

AnkiWeb link: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/841766736

installation notes

Run Anki then access menu tools -> addons -> Get Add-ons and enter 841766736.
Restart Anki.

Try adding a card with:

What moves constitute the Albin countergambit?
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5

[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/2PP4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3[/fen]

developer notes

This works by intercepting card text (using the API provided hook gui_hooks.editor_will_munge_html), looking for [FEN]...[/FEN]. Upon finding it, python-chess is used to render an SVG which is substituted into the card text.

Package python-chess 1.9.3 is bundled here because there's no way with Anki addons to express dependencies on PyPI packages.

On MacOS, addon is stored to:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/841766736

Good documentation:

https://addon-docs.ankiweb.net/hooks-and-filters.html
https://addon-docs.ankiweb.net/addon-config.html
https://addon-docs.ankiweb.net/sharing.html (how to package for distribution)
https://docs.ankiweb.net/misc.html#debug-console

To make a new version, see Make target share. To upload it, log into https://ankiweb.net then click "Decks" then scroll to the bottom and click "My Shared Items", then select Chess FEN Visualizer, then scroll to "Update".