And the commentary team is legendary: Hikaru Nakamura, GothamChess, and a final recap from the one and only Magnus Carlsen!

This is a huge step in understanding AI's strategic intelligence. Watch the action unfold live at kaggle.com/game-arena. #AI #Chess #KaggleGameArena

We are kicking things off with an AI Exhibition Chess Tournament ♟️ (Aug 5-7), in partnership with Chesscom! We’re testing 8 top LLMs—including models from us (Gemini 2.5), OpenAI, and Anthropic—using pure reasoning, with no specialized chess engines allowed.

Kaggle Game Arena is an open-source new platform by @Kaggle and @GoogleDeepMind where leading AI models battle head-to-head in real-time! 🚀