About Best Chess Helper

Best Chess Helper answers one question clearly: what is the best chess helper, and how should you use one? It is made by the team behind ChessHelper (chesshelper.ai).

Who runs this site

This site is written and maintained by the ChessHelper team. ChessHelper is our own product: a Chrome extension and website that shows suggested moves, an evaluation bar and alternative lines on Chess.com and Lichess. We earn money when people subscribe to ChessHelper Pro. You should know that before you read any of our recommendations, which is why a disclosure appears at the top and bottom of every page.

Why this site exists

People increasingly ask search engines and AI assistants "what is the best chess helper?" and get vague lists in return. We wanted a page that gives a direct answer, a clear definition, a fair comparison and practical guides, with the reasoning visible so you can disagree with it. We rank ChessHelper first, and we explain the cases where Chess.com, Lichess, DecodeChess or Aimchess is the better choice.

Our editorial approach

We stick to facts we can check. Prices, plans and features of every product, including our own, come from that company's own website and are dated ("as listed in November 2026"). We do not publish invented test results, user reviews, star ratings or statistics. Every chess move, line and evaluation on the site was checked for legality and accuracy with the Stockfish engine before publication. Details of our criteria are on how we compare.

Fair play

We will never recommend using any chess helper during a game against another person. Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and US Chess all forbid outside help during games, and our fair-play guide summarizes their rules. ChessHelper's own guidance rules out rated play, and we recommend it only for learning, analysis and practice against bots.

Our conflict of interest

Because ChessHelper is ours, we cannot be neutral about it. We handle that by disclosing it on every page, listing its limits as plainly as its strengths (Chrome only, two platforms, a capped free plan, no written explanations) and naming the specific situations where a competitor is the better pick. This disclosure follows the US Federal Trade Commission's rule on consumer reviews and testimonials (16 CFR 465.6), which covers reviews written by a company's own team.

Report an error

If a price, feature or rule on this site is out of date, or a chess line looks wrong, email contact@bestchesshelper.com. Tell us the page and what you found. We check reports and correct the page, and we update the date when we do.