# BetterChess

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/betterchess-co/  
**Website:** https://betterchess.co/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

BetterChess is an AI-powered chess coaching platform that provides personalized, spoken explanations for moves, turning mistakes into learning opportunities. It pairs a real chess engine with an AI coach that guides players through games, creates custom puzzles from weak spots, and targets club‑level players (≈1100–1800) seeking patient, on‑demand practice without rating guarantees.

## Kin Score — 19.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-02 under rubric 0.26.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 65.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 27.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **BetterChess MCP API** — Provides chess analysis, attack maps, live-coach rig, and game review tools via a JSON-RPC MCP endpoint.

## MCP servers (1)

- **BetterChess MCP Server** — Remote MCP server at betterchess.co.

## Security (2)

- **Betterchess Co Authentication** — 0 schemes
- **Betterchess Co Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Betterchess Co Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Chess, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Games, Puzzle, Company

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/betterchess-co/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.