this looks so cool. that being said, almost all LLMs suck at playing chess except maybe gemini-- the games will be abysmal.
📢 Introducing Kaggle Game Arena: a new, open benchmark platform where top AI models compete in complex, strategic games in streamed match-ups. We're charting new frontiers for trustworthy AI evaluation and it begins with chess — a classic proving ground for system intelligence.
August 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
this looks so cool. that being said, almost all LLMs suck at playing chess except maybe gemini-- the games will be abysmal.
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Chess Piece, Pawn, 8th–12th century
Class: Gaming pieces
Medium: Ivory or wood(?); carved
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452335
Class: Gaming pieces
Medium: Ivory or wood(?); carved
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452335
August 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Chess Piece, Pawn, 8th–12th century
Class: Gaming pieces
Medium: Ivory or wood(?); carved
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452335
Class: Gaming pieces
Medium: Ivory or wood(?); carved
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452335
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omg y'all. If you buy a digital product and you cannot download it and store it to your own devices permanently you are RENTING, you do not OWN it.
February 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
omg y'all. If you buy a digital product and you cannot download it and store it to your own devices permanently you are RENTING, you do not OWN it.
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Smiling figure (Sonriente), 600–1000 CE, by Remojadas artist(s)
Class: Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture: Classic Veracruz
Medium: Ceramic, slip, paint
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313386
Class: Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture: Classic Veracruz
Medium: Ceramic, slip, paint
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313386
February 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Smiling figure (Sonriente), 600–1000 CE, by Remojadas artist(s)
Class: Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture: Classic Veracruz
Medium: Ceramic, slip, paint
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313386
Class: Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture: Classic Veracruz
Medium: Ceramic, slip, paint
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313386
irony alert: @lichess.org exits X citing toxicity, and the platform's response? a tsunami of hate proving EXACTLY why they're leaving 🤦♂️
February 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
irony alert: @lichess.org exits X citing toxicity, and the platform's response? a tsunami of hate proving EXACTLY why they're leaving 🤦♂️
it doesn't come off as a surprise to me anymore that most of the high-profile celebrities use their wealth and influence to act inhumanely, hiding behind performative activism to shield themselves and each other. what a despicable bunch of people honestly.
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
it doesn't come off as a surprise to me anymore that most of the high-profile celebrities use their wealth and influence to act inhumanely, hiding behind performative activism to shield themselves and each other. what a despicable bunch of people honestly.
saw this reddit post today and couldn't stop crying. suddenly that old clip of the 13 yo Murzin crying on the board after a loss made so much sense. i will always be rooting for him.
January 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
saw this reddit post today and couldn't stop crying. suddenly that old clip of the 13 yo Murzin crying on the board after a loss made so much sense. i will always be rooting for him.
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Our December 2024 free and open databases database.lichess.org are now available for download, bringing the total number of rated games to over 6.2 billion in standard chess and 125 million across variants!
January 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Our December 2024 free and open databases database.lichess.org are now available for download, bringing the total number of rated games to over 6.2 billion in standard chess and 125 million across variants!
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If you’re commentating a FIDE event in the future and you’re explaining the format to your audience, you have to add some caveats, right? You have to say, this is the *planned* format, but FIDE has a history of changing the rules after the games have started, so we’ll see what happens.
January 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you’re commentating a FIDE event in the future and you’re explaining the format to your audience, you have to add some caveats, right? You have to say, this is the *planned* format, but FIDE has a history of changing the rules after the games have started, so we’ll see what happens.
the jeans controversy feels so forced. like how did wearing jeans become "a matter of principle" for magnus and why would FIDE not simply fine players for their first infraction and escalate only if they break the code again the next day? just bad PR for chess all over again.
December 28, 2024 at 6:58 AM
the jeans controversy feels so forced. like how did wearing jeans become "a matter of principle" for magnus and why would FIDE not simply fine players for their first infraction and escalate only if they break the code again the next day? just bad PR for chess all over again.
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Chessmen (32), early 19th century
Class: Chess Sets
Medium: Conifer wood, painted
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/200016
Class: Chess Sets
Medium: Conifer wood, painted
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/200016
December 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Chessmen (32), early 19th century
Class: Chess Sets
Medium: Conifer wood, painted
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/200016
Class: Chess Sets
Medium: Conifer wood, painted
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/200016
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Publishers aren't trying to keep AI companies from training on books. They're trying to make as much money off of it as possible.
If you're an author or an academic who is against having your works trained on, publishing houses are not your allies. You're their product.
If you're an author or an academic who is against having your works trained on, publishing houses are not your allies. You're their product.
"In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs... To understand the dynamics around this fast-developing market, [Ithaka is] launching a tracker of these licensing deals."
Tracking the Licensing of Scholarly Content to LLMs
ITHAKA has developed a tool that tracks publisher deals to license scholarly content for use as training data by LLMs
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Publishers aren't trying to keep AI companies from training on books. They're trying to make as much money off of it as possible.
If you're an author or an academic who is against having your works trained on, publishing houses are not your allies. You're their product.
If you're an author or an academic who is against having your works trained on, publishing houses are not your allies. You're their product.
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Commentators all thought it was a draw, and were talking about the tiebreaker round coming next, until Ding Liren played a move that shocked them.
No, I'm not talking about the 2024 World Championship. I'm talking about the 2023 World Championship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREv...
No, I'm not talking about the 2024 World Championship. I'm talking about the 2023 World Championship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREv...
They all thought it was a draw...but Ding plays Rg6!
YouTube video by Chess for Intermediate Players
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Commentators all thought it was a draw, and were talking about the tiebreaker round coming next, until Ding Liren played a move that shocked them.
No, I'm not talking about the 2024 World Championship. I'm talking about the 2023 World Championship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREv...
No, I'm not talking about the 2024 World Championship. I'm talking about the 2023 World Championship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREv...
rare to see ding this chatty. nice interview
December 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM
rare to see ding this chatty. nice interview
holy sh*t chess players are now super celebrities 🤌
#WATCH | World Chess Champion #GukeshD returns to #India, days after winning 2024 FIDE #WorldChampionship in Singapore and becoming the youngest-ever World Chess Champion.
December 16, 2024 at 7:14 AM
holy sh*t chess players are now super celebrities 🤌
tip for future challengers: nervously knock down some pieces in your first game #DingGukesh
December 13, 2024 at 10:10 PM
tip for future challengers: nervously knock down some pieces in your first game #DingGukesh
chess is pop culture ✨
18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest World Chess Champion in history.
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
chess is pop culture ✨
new world chess champion 🏆 👏 #DingGukesh
December 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
new world chess champion 🏆 👏 #DingGukesh
the memes predicted it, en passant is forced #DingGukesh
December 11, 2024 at 11:06 AM
the memes predicted it, en passant is forced #DingGukesh
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December 10, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Wait till they find out about this group called FIDE. They have thousands of members and all they do is plot to kill Kings, Queens and religious leaders like Bishops!
The man who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member of the group tells NBC News.
'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls
Alejandro Romero, who attended college with Luigi Mangione and was a member of the same Discord group, said he was shocked when news broke on social media that Mangione had been taken into police cust...
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Wait till they find out about this group called FIDE. They have thousands of members and all they do is plot to kill Kings, Queens and religious leaders like Bishops!
do you know you can check what public lists you are on, people who are currently blocking you and all the people you are blocking yourself by visiting clearsky.app and putting your username
ClearSky
ClearSky
clearsky.app
December 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
do you know you can check what public lists you are on, people who are currently blocking you and all the people you are blocking yourself by visiting clearsky.app and putting your username
1. "chess move/moves" is blocked from the feed.
2. optimized the regex and managed to shave off 2 seconds from feed load time (sub 3.5 seconds now).
3. chess feed is now naturally populated with more chess skeeters and players (mostly based off @rprose.bsky.social starter pack and list)
2. optimized the regex and managed to shave off 2 seconds from feed load time (sub 3.5 seconds now).
3. chess feed is now naturally populated with more chess skeeters and players (mostly based off @rprose.bsky.social starter pack and list)
almost 100%: "chess move" is something no chess player will say
December 10, 2024 at 4:10 PM
1. "chess move/moves" is blocked from the feed.
2. optimized the regex and managed to shave off 2 seconds from feed load time (sub 3.5 seconds now).
3. chess feed is now naturally populated with more chess skeeters and players (mostly based off @rprose.bsky.social starter pack and list)
2. optimized the regex and managed to shave off 2 seconds from feed load time (sub 3.5 seconds now).
3. chess feed is now naturally populated with more chess skeeters and players (mostly based off @rprose.bsky.social starter pack and list)
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Imagine my surprise reading the Guardian's recap... I'm thinking woah, 1. Kf3! Ding must've fallen off his chair.
Should probably get my chess news from chess websites...
Should probably get my chess news from chess websites...
December 8, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Imagine my surprise reading the Guardian's recap... I'm thinking woah, 1. Kf3! Ding must've fallen off his chair.
Should probably get my chess news from chess websites...
Should probably get my chess news from chess websites...
none of the LLMs i have tested so far are good at playing chess. but apparently that changes with Gemini (estimated blitz elo of 2820). hopefully chess engines will be able to explain their POV clearly someday while making those super bizarre moves.
Language models can't play chess, right?♟️ Excited to share our latest experiment that let's you play against a Gemini model!
December 7, 2024 at 5:50 AM
none of the LLMs i have tested so far are good at playing chess. but apparently that changes with Gemini (estimated blitz elo of 2820). hopefully chess engines will be able to explain their POV clearly someday while making those super bizarre moves.