Dev hides AI thinking notes to stop spoilers as GLM-5.3 Flash stays on cost Pareto frontier in chess app
MikePFrank · x · 2026-09-19
MikePFrank updated his AI-coded chess site (public beta), whose opponent combines language-model deliberation with a from-scratch tactical engine—no external engines, opening books, or tablebases.
Key updates:
- The sidebar chat no longer shows the AI's internal notes (thinking summaries) mid-game, since they sometimes spoil its upcoming move; they can still be included in exported transcripts.
- Per Artificial Analysis, Ox Alpha (GLM-5.3 Flash) remains on the Pareto frontier for AAII score vs. cost-per-task.
- The web app is being updated to let users switch between High and Max thinking levels on the fly; Max sometimes blows the turn clock.
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