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The biggest chess game ever

Dec 12, 2021

My first chess video. It's two Stockfish 14 chess AI engines playing each other on a chess board that is infinitely expanding outwards, initializing the squares at the edges with middlegames from 30,000 grandmaster games including from Carlsen, Fischer, Kasparov, Spassky, Tal, Karpov, and so on.

I love chess, always have, but chose to stop playing it myself early on when I became passionate about building AI systems, and instead became a fan of watching the game and the humans who play it.

 

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Chess robot breaks a kid's finger

Jul 24, 2022

Chess-Playing Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Boy's Finger During Tournament In Russia...


All acquisition that advanced AI will destroy humanity is false. Not the powerful AI or breaching laws of robotics will destroy humanity, but engineers with both left hands :/

On video - a chess robot breaks a kid's finger at Moscow Chess Open today.

 

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Article "SenseTime Releases AI Chinese Chess Robot"

August 9, 2022

 

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Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315

Aug 27, 2022

Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. Quick note from Lex: The camera on Magnus died 20 minutes in. Most folks still just listen to audio-only version, but here on YouTube, we did our best to still make it interesting to watch & listen by adding image overlays. I mess things up sometimes, like in this case, and it hits me hard when I do. But I'm always working hard to improve. I hope you understand. Thank you for your patience and support along the way. I love you all.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Greatest soccer player of all time
7:57 - Magnus's approach to chess
17:10 - Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship
21:12 - Chess openings
33:35 - Chess960: Fischer random chess
38:37 - Chess variants
41:22 - Elo Rating
49:48 - World Chess Championship
1:14:00 - Losing
1:21:22 - Day in the life
1:28:12 - Drunk chess
1:32:43 - Chess training
1:40:37 - Garry Kasparov
1:49:54 - Greatest chess player of all time
2:03:06 - Advice for chess players
2:04:49 - Chess YouTubers
2:08:20 - Henrik Carlsen
2:13:55 - Lessons for life
2:17:19 - Queen's Gambit
2:19:10 - Poker
2:25:24 - Loneliness
2:28:45 - How does the knight move?

magnuscarlsen.com

 

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Botez Sisters: Chess, streaming, and fame | Lex Fridman Podcast #319

Sep 9, 2022

Alexandra and Andrea Botez are chess players, commentators, educators, entertainers, and streamers.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
3:18 - Trip to Italy
10:20 - Chess tournaments
15:07 - Streaming
27:11 - Chess strategies
47:37 - King's Indian Defense
1:05:37 - Chess training
1:10:03 - Losing
1:13:22 - Street chess and trash talk
1:18:11 - Passion and study
1:36:03 - Loneliness and depression
2:00:52 - Andrew Tate
2:09:35 - Greatest chess player of all time
2:12:10 - Magnus Carlsen
2:21:20 - Advice for young people
2:23:14 - Chess boxing
2:32:08 - Meaning of life
2:33:13 - Love

 

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GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots | Lex Fridman Podcast #327

Oct 7, 2022

Levy Rozman, also known as GothamChess, is a professional chess player, streamer, and educator.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Elo rating
2:13 - Chess.com vs lichess.org
13:04 - Teaching chess
17:32 - Magnus Carlsen
32:47 - Greatest chess player of all time
37:30 - Hans Niemann cheating scandal
38:59 - Pin of Shame
53:07 - Bullying
54:59 - Indonesia incident
1:06:34 - Retiring from chess
1:13:11 - Death
1:16:53 - Streamers
1:30:29 - Hans Niemann cheating scandal continued
2:08:11 - Magnus Carlsen's statement
2:19:32 - Podcasts
2:21:59 - Parasocial interaction
2:25:49 - How to cheat in chess
2:35:34 - Reddit questions
2:41:58 - Chess boxing
2:50:44 - Chess bots
2:56:26 - AlphaZero
3:02:13 - Did Hans Niemann cheat?
3:09:29 - Chess openings
3:14:09 - Magnus Carlsen's poker game
3:16:51 - Chess advice
3:23:12 - Depression

 

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Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #330

Oct 17, 2022

Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube.

Outline:

0:00 - Introduction
1:41 - A private game vs Magnus Carlsen
9:29 - Chess openings
25:42 - Mental preparation
34:22 - Chess tactics
44:45 - Solving chess
50:26 - Aggression and ego
55:11 - Hans Niemann cheating scandal
1:05:03 - How to cheat in chess
1:19:26 - Greatest chess player of all time
1:29:43 - Hikaru's immortal game
1:42:08 - Paul Morphy
1:43:52 - World Chess Championship
1:46:41 - Magnus Carlsen
1:50:16 - Sergey Karjakin
1:52:43 - Beauty of chess
1:59:38 - Day in the life
2:14:16 - Streaming
2:28:56 - Taking risks
2:34:25 - Depression
2:39:14 - Advice for young people
2:46:34 - Love

 

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Mittens the chess bot will make you quit Chess

Jan 4, 2023

Hikaru plays against the 1 elo rated Mittens chess bot.

"‘Psycho’ AI bot crashes Chess.com and drives record users to chess site"
‘Almost every day in January has set a new site record,’ chess site says

by Anthony Cuthbertson
January 24, 2023

 

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Article "The dark heart of modern chess"
It's taking over schools, nightclubs, and the internet. And it's never been more toxic.

by Rob Price
May 9, 2024