chess-mcp
chess-mcp is an MCP server, listed under mcp tooling. Its repository has 90 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-22.
Serves Chess.com's published data through standardized Model Context Protocol interfaces, enabling access to player data and game records for AI assistants to search and analyze.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. chess-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
A Model Context Protocol server for Chess.com's Published Data API. This provides access to Chess.com player data, game records, and other public information through standardized MCP interfaces, allowing AI assistants to search and analyze chess information.
What chess-mcp can do
10 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
get_player_profile- Get a player's profile from Chess.com
get_player_stats- Get a player's stats from Chess.com
is_player_online- Check if a player is currently online on Chess.com
get_titled_players- Get a list of titled players from Chess.com
get_player_current_games- Get a player's ongoing games on Chess.com
get_player_games_by_month- Get a player's games for a specific month from Chess.com
get_player_game_archives- Get a list of available monthly game archives for a player on Chess.com
download_player_games_pgn- Download PGN files for all games in a specific month from Chess.com
get_club_profile- Get information about a club on Chess.com
get_club_members- Get members of a club on Chess.com
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
chess-mcp compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chess-mcp (this page) | — | None listed | 90 | 2026-06-26 | MIT |
| tradingview-mcp | marketaux | MARKETAUX_API_TOKEN | 5,099 | 2026-10-21 | MIT |
| mcphub | — | ADMIN_PASSWORD | 2,580 | 2026-10-24 | Apache-2.0 |
| mcp-remote | — | AUTH_TOKEN, MCP_CLIENT_SECRET, MCP_REMOTE_CLIENT_SECRET | 1,652 | 2026-10-20 | MIT |
| mcp-searxng | — | None listed | 1,322 | 2026-10-20 | MIT |
| tuui | — | None listed | 1,159 | 2026-05-14 | Apache-2.0 |
Ranked by services in common with chess-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about chess-mcp
- What does chess-mcp do?
- Serves Chess.com's published data through standardized Model Context Protocol interfaces, enabling access to player data and game records for AI assistants to search and analyze.
- How do I install chess-mcp?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/pab1it0/chess-mcp
- Is chess-mcp official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 90 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-06-26.
- What licence does chess-mcp use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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