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#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Beginners Don't Play Chess Bots

The popularity of that video shows that people enjoy watching you play chess bots. The problem is, and this is why it's all beginners to not play bots because bots are programmed in the following way. Beginner bots are like literal toddlers. They have no understanding whatsoever. But advanced bots will play an opening completely reasonably and they just hang a rook - which isn't exactly how you get to 1800 at 1800.

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