Recruiter-facing build

Static chess analytics

Typed chess analytics with product-level polish.

This site turns a Chess.com export into a static-data Next.js experience: precomputed JSON, App Router pages, interactive charts, replay controls, and recruiter-facing engineering framing.

Current rating

415

Peak window

450

Dataset span

Feb 13, 2026 to Mar 15, 2026

Recent run

Elo preview

The latest 18-game slice from the full rating arc, with live momentum, result-coded swings, and the same chart language as insights.

Window

#102-#119

18 recent games

Swing

+7 Elo

Trendline 421

Record

10-8-0

Wins-losses-draws

WinsLossesDraws

Current rating

415

Net +100 across the dataset

Peak rating

450

Best single point on the ladder

Win rate

50%

59-54-6 overall

Game count

119

Most common control: 900+10

Best recent form

50%

5-5-0 over the last 10

Spotlight strip

A few moments worth pulling into the narrative.

Why this project exists

A chess export became a frontend product exercise.

Recruiters should not need to infer engineering taste from source code alone. This project packages a raw chess export as a polished, data-rich interface to demonstrate typed transformations, visual hierarchy, interaction design, and production-minded App Router composition.

The chess domain is just the raw material. The actual signal is how the data gets normalized, summarized, and surfaced without hiding the implementation quality behind a generic dashboard template.

How it was built

Static data pipeline, typed contracts, small client islands.

  • The source export is parsed once into normalized JSON with rating history, FEN timelines, opening signatures, and analytics summaries.
  • Pages read from `lib/data.ts` only, so the UI never reaches into the raw source file or adds a runtime backend just to render charts.
  • Client components are limited to the places where interaction matters: charts, replay controls, URL-backed filters, and hero micro-motion.

Recent games

Fresh entries into the replay and explorer views.

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