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Lichess MCP

A community MCP server providing public read-only access to Lichess data, including player profiles, ratings, leaderboards, cloud evaluations, tablebase lookups, and opening explorer tools for chess analysis.

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Package and access

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Lichess MCP logo, by PipeworxCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Pipeworx
You need:As of mid-2026 Lichess began requiring a Personal API Token on every explorer.lichess.ovh request
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What you can do with it

  • Fetch a Lichess player's public profile and ratings across variants
  • Retrieve top-rated players for specific chess variants
  • Get Stockfish cloud evaluations for a given FEN position
  • Look up opening statistics using the opening explorer

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0
mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/lichess@0.2.0Source repositoryProject website
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Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-lichess 0.2.0

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@pipeworx/mcp-lichess package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-lichess",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lichess-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-lichess": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-lichess@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lichess-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-lichess": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-lichess@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "lichess-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-lichess": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-lichess@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lichess-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-lichess": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-lichess@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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