Testing Gemini's Astra at chess without engines or databases: rated above 1800
MikePFrank · x · 2026-09-08
Mike Frank shares tests of Astra playing chess without "cheating" — no downloading Stockfish or chess databases — and the model is rated above 1800 so far. He notes chess benchmarks are interesting precisely because a model could trivially crush Magnus via Stockfish, so pure model strength is the real question.
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