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Watch this ChatGPT game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/10ydnbb/i_pla...

We're talking about pieces that don't exist, reappearing pieces, pieces moving completely wrong (Knight takes as if its a Pawn), etc. etc.

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People are taking these example games and saying ChatGPT is 1400 strength. I don't think so. This isn't a case of "oops, I castled even though I moved my king 15 turns ago".



The article points out that the way that game was conducted was bad. (Here's the original transcript: https://pastebin.com/X6kBRTa9)

You need to give ChatGPT the full state (every move) on every prompt to make it play closer to 1400. The game you linked the user was giving one move at a time.


> You need to give ChatGPT the full state

If I've been given the full state every move, I will _never_ make an illegal move as a 1400 chess player.

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> O-O > I'll play O-O as well. Your move.

Do you really think that this error would have been made at 1400 Elo? Even in blind chess? This is the 5th move of the game. I can still track the game at this point mentally.

I recognize that you're 1900 and think that all the chess players below you are n00bs, but... come on. 1400 players are stronger than this.


And yet kids who are gaining rating quickly can and do still occasionally (albeit rarely) make illegal moves at 1400. I know because I've played them (and was one, many years ago).




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