Chess meme: two AIs fight each other while Magnus Carlsen wins by doing nothing

pickover · x · 2026-10-21

A fun three-way chess scenario pitting one AI against another AI and world champion Magnus Carlsen. The punchline: Carlsen's best strategy is to do nothing — the two AIs will treat each other as the only real threats, spend their effort obliterating each other, and leave the champion to sweep up the leftovers. The image shows a hexagonal three-player board labeled AI 1, AI 2 and Magnus Carlsen.

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