AI Astra crushes Microsoft engineer in archived chess match

Microsoft engineer Mike Frank was thoroughly beaten by Google's Astra (Ultra) in a chess match hosted via a gpt-6-astra service; he self-deprecated as a mediocre player well below 2000 ELO and published a post-game review page.

2026-09-10 ~ 2026-09-10 · 2 related posts

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