About Best Next Move Chess

Best Next Move Chess is a free next-move finder and a small set of guides about choosing your next move. It is made by the team behind ChessHelper (chesshelper.ai), a chess analysis extension for Chess.com and Lichess.

Why this site exists

“What is the best next move?” is one of the most common questions chess players ask, and the usual answer is a single engine move with no context. We built this site to give a fuller answer: the engine’s top three moves for any position, free and in your browser, plus guides on how to choose between them at your level, how to find good moves without an engine, and which apps help with which job.

Our relationship with ChessHelper

This site is made by the ChessHelper team, and ChessHelper is our own product. We name it as our top pick for learning at your own level, because its adjustable strength (800 to 3200 Elo) fits the central idea of this site: the best next move depends on who is playing it. We have a financial interest in ChessHelper, and you should weigh our recommendation with that in mind.

To keep the comparison useful, we say where other tools are the better choice: Lichess for free full-strength analysis, Chess.com for players who play there, and others for specific jobs. We do not accept payment from any other company to be listed or ranked. Every page carries a disclosure in the header and the footer, in line with the FTC’s rules on endorsements.

How we write and check the guides

Every chess move, line and evaluation on this site was checked before publishing. We check that each line is legal with the chess.js library, and every engine claim with Stockfish at depth 18 showing the top three lines. Evaluations are shown from White’s side. Facts about other products, such as prices and features, come from each company’s own website and are dated; where we could not confirm a detail, we left it out or said so. We do not publish invented test results, user reviews or ratings. The full method is on how we compare.

Fair play

The finder and every tool we mention are for learning, analysis, reviewing finished games and practice against bots or in analysis mode. Chess.com, Lichess, FIDE and US Chess forbid outside help during games, and we never suggest using an engine in any game against another person, rated or unrated. ChessHelper’s own guidance says the same.

Report an error

If you find a wrong move, an outdated price or anything else that needs fixing, email [email protected] with the page address and what is wrong. We correct confirmed errors and update the date on the page. More on the contact page.