BetterChess
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Chess MCP for Claude: engine analysis, attack maps, game review. One URL, no install.
Endpoint: https://mcp.betterchess.co
Connect
claude mcp add --transport http betterchess https://mcp.betterchess.co{
"mcpServers": {
"betterchess": {
"url": "https://mcp.betterchess.co"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"betterchess": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.betterchess.co"
}
}
}Tools (4)
- chess_analyseReturns an engine evaluation of a chess position: the strongest candidate moves with their scores, and the position's checkable facts — side to move, whether that side is in check, undefended pieces …
- chess_attacksReturns the exact list of squares attacked by the piece standing on a given square in a chess position, together with that piece's type and colour. Returns an empty list when the square is unoccupied…
- chess_reviewReplays a finished game ply by ply with the engine and returns the moves where the evaluation swung by more than a threshold (default 1.5 pawns). Each entry gives the move number, the side that moved…
- chess_rigReturns the JavaScript source of the in-page coaching rig for a chess.com bot game, to be run in that page by the browser's javascript tool. Once running, the page exposes window.__coachWait(ms) (res…
History
- 4 tools added: chess_analyse, chess_attacks, chess_rig, chess_review
- Became working (was unverified)
- First seen in the registry (1.0.0)