chesscom-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_player_profileB | Get a Chess.com player's public profile. |
| get_player_statsA | Get a Chess.com player's ratings and win/loss statistics. |
| get_player_archivesA | List the monthly game archives available for a Chess.com player. |
| get_player_current_daily_gamesB | Get a Chess.com player's current Daily Chess games. |
| get_player_to_move_daily_gamesB | Get current Daily Chess games where it is the player's turn. |
| get_player_gamesA | Get all finished Chess.com games for a player in a specific month. |
| get_player_monthly_pgnA | Download all of a Chess.com player's games for a month as PGN text. |
| get_player_clubsA | List the Chess.com clubs a player belongs to. |
| get_player_matchesA | List a Chess.com player's registered, active, and finished team matches. |
| get_player_tournamentsA | List a Chess.com player's registered, active, and finished tournaments. |
| get_titled_playersB | List Chess.com players holding a specified chess title. |
| get_clubA | Get a Chess.com club's public profile. |
| get_club_membersA | List a Chess.com club's members grouped by activity. |
| get_club_matchesA | List a Chess.com club's registered, active, and finished matches. |
| get_tournamentC | Get details for a Chess.com tournament. |
| get_tournament_roundB | Get details for a round in a Chess.com tournament. |
| get_tournament_round_groupB | Get details for a group in a Chess.com tournament round. |
| get_team_matchB | Get details and players for a Chess.com Daily team match. |
| get_team_match_boardA | Get games and scores for a board in a Chess.com Daily team match. |
| get_live_team_matchB | Get details and players for a Chess.com Live team match. |
| get_live_team_match_boardB | Get games and scores for a board in a Chess.com Live team match. |
| get_countryB | Get a Chess.com country profile by ISO country code. |
| get_country_playersC | List Chess.com players associated with a country. |
| get_country_clubsA | List Chess.com clubs associated with a country. |
| get_game_by_idA | Get live game data and generated PGN through Chess.com's unofficial website callback. This endpoint is unstable; use it sparingly. |
| get_daily_puzzleA | Get today's Chess.com daily puzzle. |
| get_random_puzzleA | Get a random Chess.com daily puzzle. |
| get_streamersA | List Chess.com streamers and their public streaming profiles. |
| get_leaderboardsB | Get Chess.com leaderboards for supported game types and activities. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 29 tools
Several tools have overlapping purposes, such as get_player_to_move_daily_games and get_player_current_daily_games, where one is a subset of the other. Similarly, get_player_games and get_player_monthly_pgn both retrieve monthly games, differing only in format. Descriptions help clarify, but the surface could cause an agent to misselect between these pairs.
All tools follow a consistent get_<resource>_<attribute> pattern, making the naming largely predictable. Minor deviations like get_player_to_move_daily_games versus get_player_current_daily_games and get_daily_puzzle versus get_random_puzzle introduce slight inconsistency, but no chaotic mixing of styles.
With 29 tools, this exceeds the 25-tool threshold for a heavy count. The set includes many granular variations (e.g., team match, live team match, and board variants) that could be consolidated, and some obvious redundancies like get_player_games versus get_player_monthly_pgn. The count feels excessive for the scope of read-only Chess.com data retrieval.
The tool set covers a broad range of Chess.com read-only endpoints, including players, clubs, countries, tournaments, matches, puzzles, streamers, and leaderboards. Minor gaps exist, such as no direct head-to-head comparison tool, but for the apparent purpose of retrieving data, the coverage is nearly comprehensive.