MCP Chess Server
Rank #25,581glama/jiayao/mcp-chess
A server that enables users to play chess against any LLM, with features for visualizing the board, making moves in standard notation, and analyzing positions from PGN files.
What you can do with MCP Chess Server
MCP Chess Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by jiayao. It ranks #25,581 of 150,963 active servers on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 24 GitHub stars. MCP Chess Server is listed across 3 registries — Glama, PulseMCP and mcp.so; no version information is available from the registries that list it or from its repository. It was first listed on May 4, 2025.
Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not yet written a checked profile for this server, so the paragraph above is assembled from registry data only. The repository README is the authority on what it does.
What MCP Chess Server can and cannot do
Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not catalogued this server's tools or limitations. The repository README lists them.
What you need before using MCP Chess Server
The registry listing declares no required environment variables or authentication. This is declared metadata, not a verified install — the repository README is the authority.
Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 22, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
No runtime, credential or payment requirements are recorded for this server beyond the declaration above.
Connect MCP Chess Server and confirm it works
Install configuration unavailable. No registry publishes a machine-readable install config for this server — follow the repository README.
After adding the config, ask your client to list this server's tools. A tool list confirms the connection; an empty list or an error means the server did not start or needs credentials.
What changed, and when this was checked
- First listed
- May 4, 2025
- Version history
- Unavailable — no registry exposes versions and no release tags were found
- Requirements evidence
- Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 22, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
- Profile checked
- Not yet — purpose, capabilities and requirements above come from registry data only
- Ranking data as of
- Oct 22, 2026
- Glama ↗listed since Apr 26, 2026 · still listed
- PulseMCP ↗listed since Jun 4, 2026 · still listed
- mcp.so ↗listed since Jun 4, 2026 · still listed
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Version information unavailable
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Frequently asked questions
- Who maintains MCP Chess Server?
- MCP Chess Server is maintained by jiayao, which publishes 1 MCP server tracked on MCP Toplist.
- Is MCP Chess Server listed on the Official MCP Registry?
- MCP Chess Server is not on the Official MCP Registry. It is listed on Glama, PulseMCP and mcp.so.
- How many versions does MCP Chess Server have?
- Version information is unavailable for MCP Chess Server: no registry that lists it exposes version metadata, and no release tags were found on its repository.
- Where can I find the source code for MCP Chess Server?
- The source code for MCP Chess Server is hosted at github.com/jiayao/mcp-chess.
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