Guides
Guides to chess AI helpers
Three practical guides that sit alongside our reviews.
These guides cover the decisions around a helper rather than a single product: how to pick one, how to use one within the rules, and how to set up our top pick, ChessHelper (chesshelper.ai), for study. Each one includes a chess example checked with Stockfish.
- How to choose a chess AI helper
Platform, the kind of feedback you need, your rating and your budget, with a decision table.
- Using AI helpers fairly
The Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and US Chess rules, quoted and explained.
- Getting started with ChessHelper
Install, connect, set the strength and build a study routine.
Fair-play note. Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and US Chess all forbid outside help during a game, and that includes engines, browser extensions and analysis tools. Use any helper on this page for study, reviewing finished games and practice against bots or in analysis mode, never in a game against another person, rated or unrated. What the rules say.