A psycho cat-shaped bot `` Mitten '' that appeared in the chess world is plaguing chess players



Since the supercomputer won the chess world champion for the first time in 1997, there have been many examples of AI defeating humans in competitive games. A new bot in the chess world named 'Mitten' plays an average of 27.5 million games a day while masquerading as a cute little kitten, bashing players with disrespectful remarks. He is being talked about as a monster.

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In 1997, IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue played against chess world champion Garry Kasparov, and the computer won the chess world champion for the first time under tournament conditions. In 2016, DeepMind's artificial intelligence 'AlphaGo' won the game with Go's top shogi player Lee Sedol (Lee Seung) 9th stage, and then 'AlphaGo' learned not only Go but also every board game 'AlphaZero' AI has evolved to the extent that it beats humans in various fields, such as being reborn as a

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Meanwhile, in January 2023, Chess.com introduced a new ``competitive character that will be the opponent of a computer game'', a chessbot called `` Mittens '', the highest rank of chess players Grandmaster and world champion. It has become a hot topic that he is a talented person who is troubled by others.

To play against Mitten, visit Chess.com and select 'Compete Against Computer'.



In computer games, there is a 'coach' who teaches the rules and tactics of chess while playing, an 'instructor' who makes a move when the player is superior, but who makes a move when the player is inferior, a 'beginner', You can choose opponents by level, such as 'strong players' and 'top players'. In addition, in January 2023, cat avatars with various abilities were added. You can select a cat character with different abilities set by 'Rating', such as 'scary cat' or 'angry cat', or resemble a former world champion, and play against them. can also do.



'Mitten' was added in the cat, and the rating value indicating strength is also '1'. The description reads vaguely, 'Mitten likes chess... but what about her abilities?'



Since its launch, Mitten has been overwhelmingly popular and challenged by many players, and has recorded momentum to achieve more than 850 million plays in January 2023, 40% more than any month in Chess.com history. It is said that there is. Mittens are not only cute, but also look down on players who think their strength is 1 and let their guard down, saying, 'All chess players will eventually collapse under my powerful front legs... meow! Hehehehe.' I'm going to beat you while saying in chat. 'This bot is a psycho,' commented streamer and International Master Levy Rozman before adding, 'The chess world must unite against Mittens.'

Mr. Rosman is playing against the world's strongest chessbot `` Stockfish '' on his YouTube channel GothamChess to measure the rating of opaque mittens. Stockfish has a rating of 3700, and Mitten was no match for Stockfish, so Mr. Rosman said, 'Mitten is less than the strongest in the world, but much stronger than the average grandmaster.'

Can Mittens Defeat Stockfish?-YouTube


In the movie `` Mittens The Chess Bot Will Make You Quit Chess '' posted on YouTube by Mr. Hikaru Nakamura , a chess grandmaster, even a strong person like Mr. Nakamura struggled with mittens Not only was Mittens sadistically provoked by the players, but the viewers were terrified, and comments such as ``Thank you for saving humanity'' were sent to Mr. Nakamura, who brought the game to a draw. increase.

Mittens The Chess Bot Will Make You Quit Chess-YouTube


Mittens were invented by Will Warren, a student at Hamilton College in New York, under the idea of ``What if we gave a tremendously strong chessbot an avatar with the cutest eyes?'' It is said that he was born. Chess.com writer Sean Becker gave the ``cute but too strong bot'' a brutal personality. As a result, Mitten is the 'notorious foe of the chess world' who beats players with his ability, quoting Italian movies and Nietzsche.

Also, in addition to being highly skilled and foul-mouthed, Mitten also has the worst attitude towards the game. According to Becker, Mitten doesn't just beat his opponent, he deliberately creates a tingling fight that wears down the opponent's mind and then crushes it, 'making it more demotivating and interesting.' He seems to think.

Among the chess players who challenge Mitten, it is rumored that the ``1'' shown as a numerical value indicating Mitten's ability is not a rating number, but Mitten's confidence that ``I am the number one''. .

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