# mcp-lichess

> mcp-lichess — pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess. Use this tool when you need to access chess data and analytics, such as player information, ratings, and game evaluations, through the Lichess public API, which provides inputs like player IDs and game positions and outputs like ratings, evaluations, and opening lines. It solves problems like retrieving chess player profiles, analyzing game strategies, and exploring chess openings. Ideal for use cases involving chess data analysis, game development, or research, with inputs like API requests and outputs like JSON data.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess

## Description

Lichess public API: players, ratings, eval, tablebase, opening explorer

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-26

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-lichess)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-lichess/pull`

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