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New Chess Bot Chessbook-1 Predicts Human Moves With 96% Accuracy

A new chess-playing bot named Chessbook-1, developed over 10 months, has been released. This bot, with 199 million parameters, demonstrates a remarkable ability to predict human chess moves with 96% accuracy. It also predicts player thinking time, a feature not present in its competitor, Maia-3. AI

IMPACT This specialized chess bot demonstrates advanced predictive capabilities for human behavior in a complex game.

RANK_REASON Release of a specific AI model for a niche application (chess bot).

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New Chess Bot Chessbook-1 Predicts Human Moves With 96% Accuracy

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Français(FR) · camilleroux ·

    A chess bot that plays like a human, after 10 months of work: Chessbook-1, 199M parameters. It predicts human moves at 96/100, compared to 85 for Maia-

    Un bot d'échecs qui joue comme un humain, après 10 mois de travail : Chessbook-1, 199M de paramètres. Il prédit les coups humains à 96/100, contre 85 pour Maia-3 (79M) et 99 pour Allie 2.0 (5,6B). Il prédit aussi le temps de réflexion (98/100), que Maia-3 ne sait pas faire. ⬇️ ht…