Betterchess
Chess MCP for Claude: engine analysis, attack maps, game review. One URL, no install.
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- co.betterchess/betterchess
No install snippet on purpose. A working MCP config is a command, its arguments and an environment block — the last two are where API keys live, so this catalogue never stores them and cannot publish them. Follow the link above for the authors' own instructions.
BetterChess is a chess MCP for Claude that replaces recall with computation, calculating every attack, defender, or evaluation from the actual board using a real engine. It provides engine analysis, board facts, attack maps, and game review, with each feature computed from the board rather than remembered. The connector requires no installation, just pasting a URL into Claude Settings and signing in with a BetterChess account.
BetterChess includes a 'live-coach' skill that allows Claude to coach a chess.com bot game in its own browser, providing arrows, move plans, and explanations in the chat. The pricing model is a free tier with a daily analysis budget, or a Pro subscription at $5.99 per month for unlimited use and full game review.
Summary drafted from the project's own website. Every sentence is backed by text on that page and was reviewed before publishing.