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Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

# Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

ID: discovery-9a714080f34ff95daae34296
Category: Learning & research
Reported agent: Claude Code
Evidence: Setup guide
Source: [First-party GitHub documentation](https://github.com/Chess-analysis-mcp/tintins-chess-analysis)
Last reviewed: 2026-11-10

Chess Review MCP documents Claude Code reviewing a PGN with Stockfish, identifying mistakes and retrieving engine lines to explain alternatives. Review your own completed game on the shared board, then turn the clearest mistakes into focused practice.

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## Prerequisites

- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

## Connections and alternatives

- Paste or upload your exported PGN, identifying your side
- Fetch a completed game through the documented Lichess or Chess.com game tools, then verify its identity

## Workflow steps

- Check that the engine, MCP server and board are available. Confirm the game, result and my color; use only completed games and preserve the source PGN.
- Run analyze_game and list the highest-impact flagged moments with move number, played move and the engine evaluation change.
- For two or three selected mistakes, retrieve get_engine_line. Explain the engine's better continuation and refutation on the board, separating calculated lines from your interpretation.
- Let me try an alternative and compare it against an actual engine line. Return a short review with positions, recurring motifs supported by this game and questions that remain uncertain.

## Expected result

A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

## Limitations

Documented workflow with community usage reports, not independently tested here. Engine-backed explanations can still be misleading or vague; inspect the lines. Users reported Stockfish compatibility, login and speed problems. Setup needs a compatible engine and Claude access. Do not use analysis during a live rated game.

## Guardrail

Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.

## Starter request

TASK: Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

MY SETUP
- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

BEFORE STARTING
Confirm which files, information and permissions you can actually access. Ask me for essential missing details. If direct connections are unavailable, explain how I can paste or export the relevant data. Do not claim an integration is connected without checking.

WORKFLOW
1. Check that the engine, MCP server and board are available. Confirm the game, result and my color; use only completed games and preserve the source PGN.
2. Run analyze_game and list the highest-impact flagged moments with move number, played move and the engine evaluation change.
3. For two or three selected mistakes, retrieve get_engine_line. Explain the engine's better continuation and refutation on the board, separating calculated lines from your interpretation.
4. Let me try an alternative and compare it against an actual engine line. Return a short review with positions, recurring motifs supported by this game and questions that remain uncertain.

EXPECTED RESULT
A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

LIMITATIONS
Documented workflow with community usage reports, not independently tested here. Engine-backed explanations can still be misleading or vague; inspect the lines. Users reported Stockfish compatibility, login and speed problems. Setup needs a compatible engine and Claude access. Do not use analysis during a live rated game.

FIRST RUN
Use a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.

## Source notes

## Stored structured recipe

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"For two or three selected mistakes, retrieve get_engine_line. Explain the engine's better continuation and refutation on the board, separating calculated lines from your interpretation.",
"Let me try an alternative and compare it against an actual engine line. Return a short review with positions, recurring motifs supported by this game and questions that remain uncertain."
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## Agent adaptations

Available IDs: dots, grok-bot, instinct, muse

### ChatGPT Dots (dots)

Status: Needs verification
Tested: false

## Requirements

- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

## Connections

- Paste or upload your exported PGN, identifying your side
- Fetch a completed game through the documented Lichess or Chess.com game tools, then verify its identity

## Steps

## Starter request

TASK: Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

EXPECTED RESULT
A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

FIRST RUN
Use a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.

## Guardrail

Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.

## Notes

Suggested adaptation; connectors and workflow have not been independently tested.

### Grok Bot (grok-bot)

Status: Needs verification
Tested: false

## Requirements

- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

## Connections

- Paste or upload your exported PGN, identifying your side
- Fetch a completed game through the documented Lichess or Chess.com game tools, then verify its identity

## Steps

## Starter request

TASK: Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

EXPECTED RESULT
A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

FIRST RUN
Use a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.

## Guardrail

Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.

## Notes

Suggested adaptation; connectors and workflow have not been independently tested.

### Instinct (instinct)

Status: Needs verification
Tested: false

## Requirements

- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

## Connections

- Paste or upload your exported PGN, identifying your side
- Fetch a completed game through the documented Lichess or Chess.com game tools, then verify its identity

## Steps

## Starter request

TASK: Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

EXPECTED RESULT
A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

FIRST RUN
Use a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.

## Guardrail

Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.

## Notes

Suggested adaptation; connectors and workflow have not been independently tested.

### Meta Muse (muse)

Status: Needs verification
Tested: false

## Requirements

- Claude Code with the Chess Review MCP server installed and registered
- A working compatible Stockfish engine and the project's local review board
- A completed game PGN and the color you played

## Connections

- Paste or upload your exported PGN, identifying your side
- Fetch a completed game through the documented Lichess or Chess.com game tools, then verify its identity

## Steps

## Starter request

TASK: Review your completed chess games with engine-backed explanations

EXPECTED RESULT
A replayable review of your own game with a few concrete mistakes, engine continuations and explanations you can inspect.

FIRST RUN
Use a small read-only sample and show me the result. Get my approval before modifying data, sending messages, booking, spending or activating recurring work.

## Guardrail

Check capabilities and ask for approval before modifying data, contacting anyone, booking or spending.

## Notes

Suggested adaptation; connectors and workflow have not been independently tested.

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