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About Chess AI Helper

A comparison hub for AI chess helpers, made by the team behind ChessHelper.

Chess AI Helper is published by the team that makes ChessHelper (chesshelper.ai), a Chrome extension and website for chess analysis and learning. We built this site to answer one question clearly: which chess AI helper suits which player? We think ChessHelper is the best answer for most people who want to learn, and we also think a ranking is only useful if it is honest about the alternatives.

Why this site exists

Search for a chess AI helper and you will find dozens of tools that do very different things: built-in game reviews, free analysis boards, explanation engines, training planners, practice bots and browser extensions. Some advertise help during live games, which breaks every platform's rules. We wanted one place that sorts the useful study tools by what they do, what they cost and who they suit, using facts from each company's own pages.

Our relationship with ChessHelper

This site is made by the ChessHelper team, and ChessHelper is our own product. We say this in the header and footer of every page because readers should know it before they read a recommendation, and because the US Federal Trade Commission requires material connections to be disclosed (16 CFR 465.6).

ChessHelper ranks first here. We explain why on the home page and in the ChessHelper review, and we list its weaknesses next to its strengths. Other tools get credit where they are better: Lichess on price, DecodeChess on explanations, Chess.com for players who stay on Chess.com, Aimchess for study plans and Noctie for human-like practice. The how we compare page sets out the criteria and the safeguards we use.

Editorial approach

We write for players from beginner to strong club level who want to improve. That shapes three habits:

  • Facts about products come from the company's own website, checked in November 2026. When we could not verify a detail, we left it out or kept the wording general.
  • Every chess line on the site is checked for legality with chess.js and every evaluation with Stockfish.
  • Helpers are presented as study tools: for reviewing finished games, analysis and practice against bots. We never suggest using engine help in games against people, and we explain the rules in our fair-use guide.

We do not publish fake reviews, invented testers or star ratings, and no company pays to appear in the ranking.

Report an error

If a price, feature or chess line on this site is wrong, please tell us at contact@chessaihelper.com. Include the page address and, if you can, a link to the source that shows the correct information. We check every report and correct verified errors. More detail is on the contact page.