LLMs Play Chess Poorly, So This One Built Its Own Chess Engine to Fight Back
MikePFrank · x · 2026-09-06
Mike Frank notes that LLMs have historically been poor at playing chess out of the box, but modern models can whip up an entire chess engine if needed. He had Astra (High) take a stab at playing against an intermediate-level bot, showcasing how the model leverages its coding ability to compensate for its weak native chess skills.
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