About RemarkableChess

A tool for generating chess puzzle PDFs that feel at home on the reMarkable paper tablet — and anywhere else you want to think slowly about chess.

Why reMarkable?

The reMarkable is a rare thing: a digital device that gets out of the way. No notifications, no colour, no glare. Just a surface that feels like paper and responds like a pen. It occupies a space between analogue and digital that almost nothing else does — the convenience of a device with the calm of a notebook.

Chess belongs in that space. Not the gamified, clock-ticking, streak-chasing version you find in most apps — but the slower kind. The kind where you sit with a position, look at it from both sides, and actually think.

When you solve puzzles on a screen with instant feedback and move highlights, it is easy to pattern-match your way through without truly understanding what is happening. When you work through a position on paper — or on something that feels like paper — you are forced to read the board yourself. You have to visualise. You have to know your coordinates. You have to commit to a move before you see whether it is right.

That slower, more deliberate practice builds a different kind of chess understanding. RemarkableChess is built around that idea.

Works beyond reMarkable

The PDFs are designed first for the reMarkable, but the format works on any e-ink device that reads PDFs, and prints cleanly on paper too. Pure black and white, high contrast, one puzzle per page — it holds up wherever you want to study away from a screen.

Who is behind this

Vasser is a Norwegian technology and design company. We build digital products and help organisations think clearly about how technology can serve people rather than distract them.

We also happen to be fans of the reMarkable tablet and the game of chess. RemarkableChess started as an internal tool — something we wanted for ourselves — and turned into something worth sharing.

RemarkableChess is not affiliated with or endorsed by reMarkable AS.