Astra blunders its way to resignation in chess test, rerun at Extra High reasoning
MikePFrank · x · 2026-09-06
MikePFrank tested Astra playing chess directly (no engine cheating) against an intermediate-level bot: the model stayed tied for much of the game but made multiple blunders and eventually resigned. He is rerunning the match with reasoning turned up to Extra High to see if more thinking budget fixes the play.
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