OMG! Chessnut Move + Chessiverse | A BRILLIANT Combo! 😲🤖♟️
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I’ve really been enjoying Chessiverse, an online chess platform that specialises in (almost 600!) AI-powered chess bots of all different styles and play strengths. As mentioned in a recent article and video, I’m undertaking a collaboration with Chessiverse, and today, I’m going to show you something really cool! 🤩
I’m going to leave a more detailed review of Chessiverse for later. Instead, today I going to demonstrate a genuinely brilliant combination. I love chess robots, such as the Chessnut Move.
Although the first party Chessnut app has bots, it’s not terribly exciting to play against a weakened version of Stockfish, or a weakened version of Leela Chess Zero. Maia is fun to play against, with it being trained to play in a human-like way, but it has limited variety. I love the Chess.com bots, and the seasonal bots are a great diversion. However, there are only a small number of bots that are approximately at one specific (e.g., YOUR) playing strength.
This makes Chessiverse a fantastic tool. There are many dozens of bots within the 400-ELO band of most beginner and intermediate players, meaning that these are bots that won’t be overly easy or difficult to defeat! Furthermore, you can choose bots that play specific openings or play in specific styles. And as these are somewhat human-like in their responses, you can practice aggressive Romantic attacks and gambits, without being immediately shutdown and refuted!
I must give a special acknowledgement to the amazing free software that makes this possible. Chessconnect started out as a Chrome web extension (connecting Chessnut electronic boards to Chess.com) but now is also an Android and iOS app and supports many different boards and online chess services! It’s the glue that massively extends the capability of many electronic chess boards, including the Chessnut Move robot, and future-proofs these against manufacturer obsolescence and neglect. This has been developed by the talented and generous Dr Jörn Gehring. He doesn’t charge for Chessconnect, so if you use it and like it, shout him a tea on his “Buy me a tea” link on the Chessconnect website!
In the video, I demonstrate four games on the “speed run” feature on Chessiverse!
- Game 1: A weird Vienna Gambit declined
- Game 2: Giuoco Piano game
- Game 3: Vienna Gambit declined
- Game 4: Wayward Queen Attack: Kiddie Countergambit
I do think that the bots played somewhat in a human-like way as “beginners”, especially with some of the choices for inaccuracies. I liked the fact that the bots will resign at realistic points in the game, rather than play on until checkmate. There were a few times when the bots played moves that didn’t feel quite human: either a move that was “too good” for their simulated play strength, or a blunder that seemed a little inexplicable, though admittedly, real beginners do blunder their queens when they take them out early! 🤣 Check out the games in the video and below and let me know what you think with a comment! ☺️
Game 1: A weird Vienna Gambit declined
Game 2: Giuoco Piano game
Game 3: Vienna Gambit declined
Game 4: Wayward Queen Attack: Kiddie Countergambit
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