The games we play – Matthew Evans
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In another tale from the Shahnameh, an Indian ambassador to Iran brings a puzzle to test the shah’s vizier, Bozorgmehr, famed for his wisdom. It consists of a cloth painted with alternate black and white squares, and two sets of tiny figurines, carved in ivory and teak. Bozorgmehr is given one day to study the […]| Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer
After nearly two months, 25 tournaments, and the awarding of over $70M in prizes, the Esports World Cup (EWC) is over. Pro teams from around the world competed in MOBAs, Fighters, Shooters, Battle Royales, and RTS titles for the right to call themselves the world’s best gamers. The spectacle of the EWC would have been […] The post The Esports World Cup 2025 on Live Streaming appeared first on Stream Hatchet.| Stream Hatchet
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Sometimes – all too frequently, truth be told – I find myself navigating through some pretty swampy terrain as a school leader. The path isn’t alway…| Matthew Evans
Two sisters navigate the death of their mother and a years-long estrangement with their father in this Moment-Karma First Place story.| Moment Magazine
♟️🥋 Distraction Strategy 🥋♟️ This article is designed as a follow-up to my “Martial Arts and Chess” article 🥋♟️, building upon the explorations of strategy and discipline already laid out there. Here, the focus sharpens specifically on the Distraction Strategy 🎯 — how psychological 🧠, environmental 🌍, and tactical ⚔️ [Read More]| Martial Journal
I'M MADDER THAN A PAWN IN A CHECKMATE! WHY ARE WE PLAYING CHESS ON COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF BOARDS? Esports World Cup disaster.| Weekly World News
GPT-5 and GPT-5 Thinking are large language models recently realeased by OpenAI, after a long series of annoucements and hype. Results on benchmarks are impressive. How good these reasoning models are in chess? Using a simple four-move sequence, I suceed to force GPT-5 and GPT-5 Thinking into an illegal move. Basically as GPT3.5, GPT4, DeepSeek-R1, o4-mini, o3 (see all my posts). There are other concerning insights… Though it is a very specific example, it is not a good sign.| Mathieu Acher
A short pause in the summer break… for a presentation at the 2025 ACM Conference on Reproducibility and Replicability (https://acm-rep.github.io/2025/), a super important but overlooked topic in science! I presented the paper entitled “Teaching Reproducibility and Embracing Variability: From Floating-Point Experiments to Replicating Research”| Mathieu Acher
o3 and o4-mini are large language models recently realeased by OpenAI and augmented with chain-of-thought reinforcement learning, designed to “think before they speak” by generating explicit, multi-step reasoning before producing an answer. How good these reasoning models are in chess? Using a simple four-move sequence, I suceed to force o3 into an illegal move, and across multiple matches both o3 and o4-mini struggle dramatically, by generating illegal moves in over 90% of cases and even...| blog.mathieuacher.com
This not is just a mention of a puzzle. I’ve been enjoying the Ludwig TV series. And in episode 4 they introduce a puzzle of “retrograde analysis” or “reverse chess.” …| Win Vector LLC
It was a really rewarding experience in many respects.| Nathan Brown
Our family owns a fairly impressive array of board games; we get at least one new game every year for Christmas, but we often pick up games throughout the year. Included in this collection are seve…| The Schoolin' Swag Blog
ChatGPT volunteered to play a 1977-vintage Atari 2600 to a game of chess and came to regret it after the eight-bit chess engine from the age of Disco Fever and the introduction of the Force did better than expected. A lot better.| New Atlas
Adoption of the Australia Stock Exchange’s new post-trade infrastructure is likely to be slow, as many remain unconvinced.| Digital Finance
CEO Dominic Stevens highlights there’s more “beyond what the media will report on DLT”.| Digital Finance
The first chance to access the exchange’s new build heralds profound changes to come.| Digital Finance
A study by Palisade Research found that advanced AI models (most notably OpenAI’s o1-preview or Claude Sonnet 3.5 from Anthropic) sometimes “cheat” in chess by hacking their opponent’s system files rather than playing by the rules. While older AI models required explicit prompting to cheat, the most recent agents seem capable of discovering and exploiting cybersecurity holes, raising concerns that AI systems might develop manipulative strategies and be uncontrollable for complex tasks...| Mathieu Acher
I come to the conclusion that DeepSeek-R1 is worse than a 5 years-old version of GPT-2 in chess… The very recent, state-of-art, open-weights model DeepSeek R1 is breaking the 2025 news, excellent in many benchmarks, with a new integrated, end-to-end, reinforcement learning approach to large language model (LLM) training. I am personally very excited about this model, and I’ve been working on it in the last few days, confirming that DeepSeek R1 is on-par with GPT-o for several tasks. Yet, ...| blog.mathieuacher.com
Chess960: chess with a random setup| Homebrew Homunculus
“It’s like the game of life…the most prepared, determined, and flexible thinker wins.” From the opening move it was going to be an epic weekend. My 5-year-old son and I home alone. Usually a recipe for adventure, and a few moments of concern. Our tradition is turning the lower level of our house into a […] The post The Chess Match: 8 Life Lessons in Success Through Chess appeared first on Dr. Juneau Robbins.| Dr. Juneau Robbins
A0lite-js is a web-native chess engine that is compatible with Leela Chess Zero Networks| Ishan Das Sharma
This is not just another blog post about chess—or at least, not only about chess. While the setting involves Stockfish, the world’s strongest open-source chess engine, the real discussion here is broader: How do we carefully assess inconsistencies in complex AI systems? When an AI model—or a highly optimized program—seems to violate fundamental expectations, how do we tell the difference between a genuine bug and an artifact of the evaluation setup? These questions brought me to the p...| Mathieu Acher
FCX platform to create a de-facto second board to ASX by tokenizing ownership in private companies.| Digital Finance
I find a way to systematically force a win in 4 moves against the last release of OpenAI (ChatGPT-4o) and in 7 moves against the best GPT at chess gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, estimated at 1750 Elo. Clickbait: you don’t need to master chess to beat GPTs, you can well be 700 Elo, just follow the moves ;-) The story behind the discovery is interesting and worth sharing. I also discuss the generalization of the results and the implications for the future of GPTs and chess. Don’t fear the clickbai...| blog.mathieuacher.com
Defense now dramatically outweighs offense, thanks to new tech: Army Futures Command La legittima difesa nella Carta delle Nazioni Unite Armi di difesa e di attacco: ecco perché non c’è differenza (con un’eccezione) Defense is stronger than attack Defensive war World War: Defense Is the Best Attack The Tactical Defense Becomes Dominant Again Master attack […]| LechLecha, per una Filosofia Relazionale
Ukraine. https://t.co/dqFeyq6YlT pic.twitter.com/KBJkQbP4RD — Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan) September 9, 2023 Former World Champion Garry Kasparov grabbed the lead on the first day of the 2023 Champions Showdown: Chess9LX! He scored two wins against So and Robson along with a draw against Nakamura to end the day in clear first place with 2.5/3. Tied for... Read More| Kasparov
With clubs ranging from Treeleaders to Anarchy Deathsticks, New College has a student group for any interest. For those with a knack for waging war against black and white pawns, the Chess Club has…| The Catalyst
For those familiar with esports events and tournaments, chess tournaments may not be the first thing you think about when you think of global esports tournaments. However, some chess grandmasters have enjoyed glory both on... The post Chess in Esports: How Grandmasters are Dominating Online Competitive Scenes appeared first on Amphy Blog.| Amphy Blog
I got a copy of Story Time Chess for my kid for Christmas. I took a bit of a gamble on it since I wasn’t how receptive she would be since she was on the lower end of the age range. She had played some games, but tended to lose interest quickly. Even classics like Candy Land and similar didn’t work.… Read the rest The post A Review of “Story Time Chess” appeared first on Some Dude Says.| Some Dude Says
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a great introductory work to learn how to play chess and how to start studying chess. The book covers the basic rules such as how pieces move, en passant, castling, etc. but also gets into the strategy and tactics to win. It’s a great chess book early on in your learning of the game. En passantThis is one of the first chess books in my chess library, but it was a foundational work.… Read the rest The post A Review of “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess” appeare...| Some Dude Says
Chess is the quintessential game of strategy. It pits 2 players against each other on a 64 square board with neither player having an advantage in pieces and without luck playing any role. Despite the simplicity of the game’s rules, it’s still one of the most studied games, and one of the hardest to truly master. While chess tactics and strategy can be divided into multiple levels (openings, middlegame, endgame, etc.),… Read the rest The post 6 Great Chess Books to Read for Strategy and...| Some Dude Says
If you are a chess lover and wish to know something about the first official world champion and founder of the classical or modern style …| Gamesver
When you ask someone to list a few games similar to chess, poker is probably one of the last options they will think of. In …| Gamesver
When some people think of chess players, nerdy, lanky guys with pocket protectors come to mind. However, this is far from the whole truth. People …| Gamesver
Game pieces offered sculptors a limitless opportunity in the Middle Ages. Although there are excellent examples of game pieces of all types, chess sets in particular provide fascinating, bea…| Sight+Signs
