A game clip turns a match you played into a short video. The moves play out on the board, the file downloads, and it's ready for Instagram, TikTok or X.
No screen recording, no trimming, no captions to add. After the game, hit Clip, make a few choices, and the video is done.
What can you clip?
You choose the scope:
🎞️ The whole game — ideal for short matches.
⏪ The last few moves — for a mating combination or the final attack.
📸 This moment — to show a single critical position.
Two formats: 9:16 (vertical, for Reels and Stories) or 1:1 (square). You set the tempo too: fast, normal or cinematic. The resulting length is shown as you choose.
Analysis badges make it into the clip
If you analysed the game first, move-quality badges come along: the star on a brilliant move, the opponent's blunder marked on the board.
That's what makes a clip readable. Even a viewer who doesn't play chess sees the signal that something just happened.
Without analysis the clip still renders, just without badges — and the screen reminds you.
Where is it rendered?
The video is encoded in your browser. Your game isn't uploaded to a cloud and you don't queue for a server; the progress percentage runs on screen.
When it's done you can download it or send it straight through your phone's share sheet. A small rovian.co signature appears in the video.
To clip a game, head to your games. For a plainer way to share, see our post on game links and PGN.
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