MCP Chess

Features

• Generate chess board images from a Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) string

• Suggest the next move in a chess game

• Check if a move is legal

Installation for Claude Desktop

1. Download the latest binary from the [Releases](https://github.com/alexandreroman/mcp-chess/releases) page: - For Windows: `mcp-chess-windows.exe` - For macOS: `mcp-chess-darwin` - For Linux: `mcp-chess-linux`

2. Make the file executable (macOS/Linux only): ```bash chmod +x mcp-chess-darwin # for macOS chmod +x mcp-chess-linux # for Linux ```

3. For macOS users - Bypassing Security Warnings: When you first try to run the application, macOS may display a security warning because the application is not signed by an identified developer. To bypass this: - Right-click (or Control-click) on the `mcp-chess-darwin` file - Select "Open" from the context menu - Click "Open" in the dialog box that appears Alternatively, you can use Terminal: ```bash xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/mcp-chess-darwin ``` This only needs to be done once.

4. Configure Claude Desktop: - Open Claude Desktop - Select "Settings", and click on the "Developer" tab - Click "Edit Config" - Add the MCP server configuration - Save the file - Restart Claude Desktop

Using with Claude

Technical Details

Development

• Spring Boot

• Spring AI (MCP server implementation)

• Java 21

• GraalVM native compilation

Building from Source

License

Credits

• [ChessGame](https://github.com/wolfraam/chess-game) - Java chess library

• [ChessImage](https://github.com/alexandreroman/chessimage) - Chess board renderer

• [Stockfish.online](https://stockfish.online/) - Chess engine API

• [Spring AI](https://spring.io/projects/spring-ai) - AI application framework