I Ran a Chess Programming Tournament!
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Let's have a look at the creative code behind some of the bots, watch their games, and find out who will ultimately emerge victorious.
If you'd like to support my work, you can do so with a recurring or one-off contribution over here:
https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague
https://ko-fi.com/sebastianlague
The code for all the entries, as well PGN files for all the games played in the tournament can be found over here:
https://github.com/SebLague/Tiny-Chess-Bot-Challenge-Results
Play against a selection of the bots from beginner to grandmaster level. How many can you defeat?
https://sebastian.itch.io/tiny-chess-bots
Take a look at some videos that competitors made about their entries:
GameTechExplained (rank 78): https://youtu.be/5vsLmM756LA?si=gQEmQILE1NrgdQYW
MilkMindV1 (rank 108): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fvfURAFw4U
Music credits
Bad Apple Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNm85uXR3RM
https://github.com/SebLague/Misc-Project-Info/blob/main/Other%20Videos/ChessResults.txt
TCEC 4K Info:
If you're interesting in taking part in the 4K tournament I mentioned, I recommend joining the TCEC discord linked on https://chessdom.org/ and enquiring about it there.
You can also read more about the event here: https://wiki.chessdom.org/TCEC_4k_Rules
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