Mike Frank Tunes Model Reasoning Time: 1.5 Minutes per Chess Move, High for Chat

Mike Frank details his reasoning-intensity tuning: Max reasoning with 1.5 minutes of thinking per chess move under a 1.5-hour clock, while considering stepping chat down to High and trimming per-move thinking to about 1 minute.

2026-09-15 ~ 2026-09-15 · 2 related posts

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