Chess UCI MCP Server

by anglerfishchess Your server? Claim it

local only

Chess UCI runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 512 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Sep 2026.

Analyze chess positions and get best moves from UCI engines such as Stockfish or Leela

Installs per day peak 382 · avg 46 · +248% w/w

a month agotoday

512

Installs / week

pypi · chess-uci-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

11 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Chess UCI every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add chess-uci-mcp -- uvx chess-uci-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chess-uci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "chess-uci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.chess-uci-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["chess-uci-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chess-uci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "chess-uci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chess-uci-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "chess-uci-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Alternatives to Chess UCI

same job, measured the same way

Chess Eval

by x402supply

Stockfish chess eval: best move, score, principal variation, multipv. $0.005/call via x402.

2 tools answering

OneQAZ Trading Intelligence

by wnsod

Live market data, signals, positions, and macro analysis for crypto, KR stocks, and US stocks.

187 installs/wk 39 tools answering

Stockfish MCP

by stepbot

A Stockfish MCP server to allow an LLM to play chess against Stockfish

54 installs/wk local only

GMO Coin FX MCP Server

by rikitonoto

MCP server for GMO Coin FX trading, positions, executions, klines, and account balances.

local only

Stockr MCP

by tmtysk

Save insights from AI chats to the Stockr journaling app and let AI read your past reflections.

answering

Pairbook MCP

by pairbook-io

Portfolio risk analysis, correlation and ETF overlap for 4,700+ US stocks and ETFs. Free, no key.

local only

Investhive

by investhive

Investment sentiment, predictions, and analyst track records for stocks and crypto

local only

HPSILab Quant Finance

by haiyunsky

HPSILab Quant finance MCP for US stocks, ETFs, options, Monte Carlo, backtesting, and risk analysis.

380 installs/wk 10 tools answering

Chess UCI — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Chess UCI?

Chess UCI runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package chess-uci-mcp was installed 512 times last week.

How do I connect Chess UCI?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls chess-uci-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Chess UCI?

The pypi package chess-uci-mcp was installed 512 times in the last week. Week over week that is +248%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Chess UCI open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.