This MCP let's you play chess against any LLM.
MCP Chess Server is an MCP project maintained in the jiayao/mcp-chess repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This MCP let's you play chess against any LLM”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented pypi package is mcp-chess. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_board_visualization | ): Provides the current state of the chessboard as an image. The board orientation automatically flips based on the user's assigned color. |
| get_turn | ): Indicates whose turn it is ('white' or 'black'). |
| get_valid_moves | ): Lists all legal moves for the current player in UCI notation (e.g., 'e2e4', 'g1f3'). Returns an empty list if the game is over. |
| make_move | move_san: str): Makes a move on the board using Standard Algebraic Notation (SAN) (e.g., 'e4', 'Nf3', 'Bxe5'). Returns the move in SAN and UCI, the new board… |
| new_game | user_plays_white: bool = True): Starts a new game, resetting the board. By default, the user plays white. Sets the user's color for board orientation.… |
| find_position_in_pgn | pgn_string: str, condition: str): Finds the first board position in a PGN string matching a condition (e.g., "bishop on a3") and returns an image of that board |
{
"mcpServers": {
"chess": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-chess"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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