BetterChess

Connect Remote server

claude mcp add --transport http betterchess https://mcp.betterchess.co

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "betterchess": {
      "url": "https://mcp.betterchess.co"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "betterchess": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.betterchess.co"
    }
  }
}

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.betterchess.co

Tools 4 found in our last check

• chess_analyse

  Returns 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 and the pieces attacking them, and the material balance. Accepts a FEN, a PGN, o…

• chess_attacks

  Returns 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. Accepts a FEN, a PGN, or a list of SAN moves from the starting position.

• chess_rig

  Returns 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) (resolves with events and board status), window.__coachWatch.status() (moves, fen, t…

• chess_review

  Replays 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, the move played, the engine's preferred move, the size of the swing in pawns,…

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