Grandmaster plays chess against his own AI
Hikaru Nakamura decided to take on his own artificial intelligence Hikaru-bot, and he hilariously gets annoyed when it plays his own openings against him.
And if that’s impressive, watch him play blitz against 15 bots:
Image: YouTube / GMHikaru
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