ChatGPT vs Stockfish: ABSURD CHESS

[@Jhiggyboy_Tunes]

"The Knight is the only piece on the board with an eyeball." ~Levy Rozman

[@CaossM3N]

😂😂😂

[@NoExitLoveNow]

Profound observation.

[@Jhiggyboy_Tunes]

​@@NoExitLoveNowThat's what we call Empirical postulation 😂

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

but you can't win a battle nor stop an avalanche with it!

[@upStomp]

Sauron is atop every pawn.

[@thevaultsup]

I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if ChatGPT promoted its King to a Queen at the end

[@Tahathegame]

yeah its 2025

[@NinjaLobsterStudios]

Can't be checkmated if you don't have a king

[@sebastianmalkiewicz6667]

I thought chatgpt would summon a queen then promote it to a pawn

[@giuseppeaccardo8580]

Chat LGBT

[@NotLiamH]

I was thinking the same thing, like what is it doing?

[@mr.glitchynoob5859]

Chatgpt in the first half of the video: Hmm yes this game is truly interesting İn the second half: YOU HAVENT SEEN MY BISHOP IN THE 56TH DIMENSION

[@Grovelaar]

Stockfisch is even prepared for additional dimensions

[@TheMidnightExpress12]

Frfr. Its like a wizard game where the players spawn pieces out of nowhere

[@TrimutiusToo]

That is noob strat... I hide my bishops in a purple dimension

[@johannesgutsmiedl366]

@TheMidnightExpress12 Well to be fair it's like a game where the wizard spawns pieces out of nowhere and then the fighter walks up to him and just punches him repeatedly straight in the face until he stops moving

[@pubert19]

Are you like a 5th grader or something or are you just autistic

[@bbateson]

This series has been hilarious, but it does seem that the chatbots have learned a bit of opening depth over the last couple of years. I'd love to see this become an annual event

[@heathermccourt6653]

Yes please

[@bjaurelio]

​@@heathermccourt6653I would too, but instead I want no stockfish (it's not a chat bot) and the bots aren't allowed to make illegal moves.

[@UndauntedAssassin]

@@bjaurelio the bots making illegal moves is the best part

[@christopherheckman7957]

They're all "book" moves. Apple's Chess app on level 1 used to be very stupid; it also would play "from the book" for about half a dozen moves, and then switch to a strategy of "capture the most valuable piece possible", then in the endgame "move your king to the center of the board".

[@lucas.5288]

Never laughed so hard in a Chess Video😂

[@An11key]

This series looks like a real series, with a protagonist (Stockfish) who plays normal chess against multidimensional monsters. Stockfish even has a friend (Martin) who has tragically lost. And the protagonist has to avenge him. Game after game, Stockfish beats everyone using only a real chess, while all of them use some multidimensional things. And when it comes to the finale, the final boss appears. ChatGPT is a real final boss. It literally has two phases, in the first phase it just plays normal chess, and if you beat it easily, it turns into a multidimensional chess monster that can do whatever it wants. Stockfish demolished GPT in the first half but then, piece by piece, it lost almost all its pieces and when it was practically over, the last chance was given by the god of chess bots and Stockfish won and proved that regular chess is what real chess is. Thanks Levi, it was a real cinema.

[@Seagullson]

Absolute cinema

[@leogaitsgorypiano8870]

Absolute cinema

[@DaveLH]

By Grabthar's Hammer, Martin has been avenged!

[@Figgy20000]

Can't wait to watch the Anime of this. The manga was fantastic

[@A251-n1o]

Not even Tolkien could write such a touching and thought provoking tale …

[@EmpireBlowofficial1]

ChatGPT in first half: Ok, i'll play this game with Stockfish. ChatGPT in second half: *Time to stop going easy on you.*

[@aliakademonYT]

bro i think chatgpt hade gone easy on him if he had gone all out no one could win prime gpt 2023💀

[@EvanChang-m4h]

Lol

[@Nikninjathebest]

19:25 "you will never guess what chatgpt played next" would have been the most accurate he has ever said it ever

[@diamondrg3556]

I guessed that time

[@shringe9769]

@@diamondrg3556 How is your reply older than the comment itself???

[@Spectator-9672]

Bro pre-ordered his reply

[@diamondrg3556]

@ Skill issue I'm ChatGPT

[@BaerTheBlader]

My theory is that when a Chat Bot makes a move that makes no sense to us mere mortals and refuses to capture a “free” piece or deliver mate in one, it’s because it is calculating its opponent’s response based on its own rules. “I can’t take the hanging queen, because if I do, my opponent will certainly summon a knight from the 5th dimension and checkmate me.”

[@firmaozika]

makes sense

[@abhinavsinha9239]

Or its just that levy's free version of chatgpt got over and he was using mini version

[@taniaoyarzo7462]

@@abhinavsinha9239 Lol. Its funny and fully possible.

[@Goku17yen]

brilliant

[@BerthaCruz-f5h]

Imagine that this is the first video you see after someone tells you that GothamChess is an excellent chess beginner tutor.

[@brunoalves-pg9eo]

This is probably equivalent to some intermediate player playing chess blindfolded. The first moves in the opening are okay, but then it starts forgetting where it's pieces are

[@zhangyic]

That’s actually a very good analogy

[@joeydupont7664]

This makes me want to try blindfolded chess against someone as a 600 rated player

[@DerXavia]

that is also my suspicion, and it could be easily fixed by providing the entire state of the board in text form after each move (there is a notation for that). But I suppose then it wouldn't be so fun anymore because its just normal chess matches with stockfish winning by a huge margin in the end.

[@emger4275]

@@DerXavia I mean he could make a "real" chatbot tournament without stockfish, i mean most advanced chatbots should be able to play chess without breaking rules if they see the board every turn???

[@georgyushkevich8448]

@@DerXavia chat bots do not really play chess - they do not have any chess engine inside it. They are mostly imitating playing it. I assume that the reason chatbots play normally at the beginning is just because there are many notations of a real chess games with such positions, so the chat bot can just find a similar sequence of moves and tell you the next move in that sequence. But as the game moves forward, it is getting harder and harder for chatbot to give you a correct next move. The problem is not that they forget the board, the problem is that a chatbots do not really analyze the board at all.

[@actuallyarbitrary4444]

when levy stares at me for a split second at the start of every video, i feel different. Almost like a small outcast of joy reflects upon my soul and defies the question of my very existence. I would like to personally thank levy for these milliseconds that make me feel like im in a different reality, and hope to experience such a vigorously entertaining piece of life, on many, many more occasions. Thank you.

[@Da-Yeeter]

Agreed.🎉

[@xrayjusef]

The stares are a wonderful start to each video

[@bientavutiboy2630]

damn you so right 🤣

[@do9e_de]

ChatGPT ahh

[@Хорошийшахматист]

Are u on crack?😂

[@omegatnt1609]

This clash is like a big brother versus a little brother

[@TBNzgSj47adb77]

I was getting worried ChatGPT wasn't going to play any illegal moves, but then I realised gotham was making the moves manually on a custom board.

[@raheann1]

I can’t tell if this comment is joking or not

[@madeleinewalker838]

@@raheann1considering this was my thought process as well probably not joking. If ChatGBT abides by the rules of chess, then all the video is a random entity getting crushed by the worlds best chess computer, not a lot of excitement in that.

[@Cythil]

@@madeleinewalker838 As for me.... Well I wanted to see if ChatGPT has improved and maybe could play an OK game. I did not expect it to be close to winning. But I would be impressed if it did not cheat. But boy was it fun to see it cheat! And Stockfish still manage to grab the victory! Cheating was maybe not totally unexpected. But the way it did it and how well Stockfish manage to grab victory from the jaws of defeat was excellent.

[@madeleinewalker838]

@@Cythil exactly haha

[@AndrewBezdenezhnykh]

I was getting worried ChatGPT wasn't going to play any illegal moves, but then I realised that the video still has another 10 mins of content

[@Berdes1]

23:30 ChatGPT marching down the board in a last ditch attempt to promote its king.

[@ТимофейГречишников-ч9ч]

Levy, I am a 3rd year medical student from Russia. Tomorrow (already today for me, it's currently 3am), on 15th of January, I have my exam, the toughest yet, in topographic anatomy and operational surgery. This series is what helped me relax through this challenge. I am extremely stressed and fearful of not knowing anything I learned, but your content has been a remedy for many minutes of relaxing, yet stimulating daily therapy. I love chess - fallen in love again because of u - and I wish you best of luck on becoming GM. I believe you can do this, because time and time again I see, that even if the universe is cheating (like taking horizontally with a bishop) - some press on. Some survive. We keep going. Boy I need sleep, began writing a speech for the planet there a bit 😅

[@whyamisad5740]

Hah, good luck man, allthough I ain't the one you addressed...I also have one of my exams tomorrow, not in any medical field mind you, but in one of my History Lectures. Let's get this done to the best of our abilities, shall we 🙌

[@ivanyeremenko4036]

Удачи бро!

[@VitorFernandes-jp4qf]

Good Luck on your test!! Tell us how did it go.

[@arafatzahan3697]

Good luck in both of your tests, buds.

[@DeanJamesKetchum]

You can do it! We believe in you.

[@charmingvn]

imagine someone telling you GothamChess is a very good chess beginner teacher, and this is the first video you see

[@MrFisherman4321]

“Man, I’m sad the Vikings lost in the playoffs. I’m going to watch GothamChess to forget about it” WHY ARE WE CATCHING STRAYS

[@GiovannisDaedra]

We’ve suffered enough

[@justinbombach9873]

I'm not even a Vikings fan and I was sad to see them lose that way

[@dddripz]

As a Bears fan, I’m happy for once

[@xxNavi08]

as a packers fan im slightly less sad than you here

[@Notkimbosliced]

As a Lions fan, you eventually get numb to the strays

[@nickfrigillana2645]

My favorite moment is still when one bot played it's OPPONENT's pieces, but ChatGPT specifically promoting a non-existent pawn to a queen, rather than just spawning a queen, is pretty incredible.

[@devenmaddox]

Queen takes king was the most heartbreaking moment in history 24:47

[@batako1609]

Same mistake chatgpt make

[@weirdfluidx]

Very appropriate way to end the tournament!

[@duxpup9987]

When the king walked across the board, considering that chat gpt was playing, I was ready for king transformation into a queen.

[@furrball]

King for a day, princess by dawn... (cit)

[@houstonisfake]

Guess I’m using stockfish to reply to all my work emails for 2025

[@TKNinja37]

14:38 -- ChatGPT: "Your 3750 ELO is very impressive, Mr. Fish. But... *It is not enough."* _Goes full 161660_

[@xrayjusef]

3:21 was really hoping for the first Magnus mention there

[@thomasvalcke1479]

What a respectable way to go out from chatgpt! The fish keeps swimming for another year

[@BariScienceLab]

Everybody knows when your pawns are being blockaded from promoting in an endgame, just summon another pawn from the dark dimension directly into the eighth rank, how does Stockfish not see this???

[@pashkanorm]

Feels like Levy intentionally made ChatGPT move pieces illegally in order to make video more interesting

[@odiumimbues]

stockfish-existing chatgpt -secretly asking stockfish to make moves and makes moves as their own. "look what i can do"

[@enigma00]

The way that ChatGPT does insane things in chess is a really great way to exemplify how contemporary "AI" really works. And it certainly isn't by being actually intelligent. You can teach a little kid the rules for moving a knight and they'll have no issue following it. Yet the supposed "state of the art" in AI can't get it right, even after playing most of a game conforming to the rules.

[@Steven-d4c]

How does this exemplify the linear algebra, back propagation deltas, or even just the tokenizer? This shows nothing about how ai works.

[@DaDa-ui3sw]

Now look up gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct and the studies about it and chess. It reached an elo of 1800. Certainly didn't 'by being actually intelligent', though, am I right? lol

[@matthewjudd8478]

0:00 my toddler looking at me in the corner, swearing that they aren't pooping

[@Blobbyrainbow10]

what

[@shringe9769]

Bot?

[@matthewjudd8478]

@@Blobbyrainbow10 when you have kids, you’ll understand.

[@MJtheBaptist]

Gross. Why even post this?

[@MJtheBaptist]

Had to click your profile and of course you have another poop post. Gross. Why even post this?

[@griffinhoffman6746]

That double fakeout at 18:40 was brilliant commentary.

[@ForsakenFables-MA]

Chat GPT went random bullshit go as soon as it knew it had been bested by the Stockings wearing Fish.

[@nikking5277]

Why i liked this series is that it showed what goofy things these chat bots came up with against stockfish that makes no mistakes. Like a true test for chat bots.

[@safosr7n]

Yapping ends at 1:37

[@HydrochloricGaming]

Very helpful, thank you

[@SemiSwiss]

My hero

[@conorevans3244]

Within a minute is crazy

[@emingunes2420]

TYSM

[@gloria9985]

We don’t deserve that yapping thanks

[@anoymouse5362]

Chat gpt had so much influence that even stock fish captured the king because of it

[@aoifedeborha2420]

IVE BEEN ON THIS CHANNEL FOR 5 HOURS WATCHING 200 ELO WAITING FOR THIS TO DROP I’M SO EXCITED

[@peterzerfass4609]

The eval bar needs some rehab after this tournament. It's like constantly "Here's how things stand...wait...WHAT?"

[@areusareus1959]

14:39 - "The queen watched an ad to revive." 🗣️🔥🗣️🔥

[@bangboom123]

ChatGPT showing the true power of chatbots in the second half, like a goddamn anime villain

[@Mviprin]

This was SUPER HILARIOUS! 😂😂😂 Please make it an annual event, It Is Great

[@funoji9168]

I'm not an AI expert and i have no idea how this event was handled, but i'm pretty sure that the amount of illegal moves from chat-bots fully depends on the amount of information you provide in each new message. The lack of memory about the previous messages is their only flaw. There is a HUGE difference between "Black goes knight c6" and "You're playing chess. I'm adding all the necessary information in each message so you don't forget anything. You're playing white. The move is 19. You have rook on a1, king on d1 ... (full list of pieces) ... pawn on f5. Black has ... (full list of black pieces). Black's last move was knight to c6. What's your move?".

[@dcincco]

It’s funnier.

[@calook1334]

ChatGPT spawned in 40 points of material this game and still lost. Yikes.

[@Adamsito1122]

chatgpt: let me cook

[@gloria9985]

Me:you’re not even cooking, you’re burning down the house!

[@christopherheckman7957]

Rice. (Oops, wrong channel.)

[@cern.a]

​@@gloria9985 ChatGPT : I cooked Queen at B8. You : Knight takes Queen ChatGPT : Dafuq did I just said? I COOKED ANOTHER QUEEN AT B8

[@pubert19]

@@gloria9985 please tell me this is a joke you literally cant be real

[@gloria9985]

@@pubert19I am watching you

[@Runalot]

14:28 “That’s my secret stockfish, I’m always angry” - ChatGPT

[@jared6254]

21:52 Stockfish (In Aku Voice): “HOWWW??? HOWWWWWWW???”

[@exdejesus]

This was phenomenal! You MUST do this again. The combination of outlandish cheating and absurd mistakes is just wonderful theater. And your play-by-play and color commentary are perfect. Thank you!

[@crazygamerplus2799]

Chatgpt never fails to play inter-universal chess apparently

[@ph4nt0mz41]

chat gpt is like that one character who tries to change for the better but ends up showing his true colors

[@gaytreesingh]

Which version of ChatGPT do you use In this video

[@bigbluespike5645]

Probably the default one (4o)

[@AnshVats9]

He has the paid subscription, so he uses the highest top of the line version Edit: he told this in one of his older videos.

[@randomuser5237]

More than that I want to know how he is using it. These chatbots have limited context. You can actually upload a picture of the current chess board state before every move. If he did that none of those illegal/stupid moves would happen. ChatGPT would still lose but it won't be like this.

[@RamaPatriaHimawan]

Probably just play blindfold chess, so you just prompt the notation of your move.

[@ChrisT-uj4uy]

ChatGPT: We meet again, but this time I am the master. Stockfish: Only a master of evil Charth.

[@MuhsinIbraheem]

I once played Sicilian Najdorf with stock fish just out of curiosity to see what it does, of course lost quickly enough.

[@calebjohnson9740]

A king getting captured is just the perfect way for this series to end. The cherry on top. The chef’s kiss. This isn’t chess, this is art. This is poetry. Beautiful.

[@roadav3133]

Hey Levy, while I do enjoy chess, I'm not really interested in giving it my all. However, your enthusiasm and drive is really contagious. I am learning and practicing music production, and it really motivates me to see passionate people such as yourself. You inspire chess and non-chess enthusiasts alike, and to that I say thank you.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

As a guy who's been lifting for quite a while now, I can see the clear parallels between learning chess and getting better at lifting. I feel the same way about the game. I'm ~5'8/174 cm and I intend to be a quite lean (15%) 215 lbs/97 kg one day, but I don't care about getting more than competent at chess. I like seeing Levy directly encouraging everyone to lift too.

[@VictorLozne]

So glad I ignored this series up until the finale, never expected ChatGPT to summon pieces

[@laugh_n_share_life]

lol King Sacrifice was hilarious

[@christopherheckman7957]

For me, it was completely unexpected. I guess ChatGPT's been working on alternative illegal moves.

[@elbowremovalservice]

"It's the only piece with an eyeball, what did you expect!" - Levy

[@SrVerataro]

ChatGPT really had that anime powerup there in the end

[@GamerJ1212]

25:00 ChatGPT flipping off stock fish and being like screw you I have a queen and a queen and a rook and a rook just so I can lose the game

[@ibraheemahmed1670]

18:38 Obviously that knight is trying to get a promotion to a king... fake it till you make it.

[@kasparvanleeuwen7421]

Amazing stuff Levi! I love your live/improv storytelling style. It makes watching chess games so much more alive because the 'characters' that you portray have narrative weight. It makes the final few moves of this series I've been happily binging land with force. Keep it up!!

[@HydrochloricGaming]

After over 1 year, the war between Robots and Fish lives on. “Whatever happens, I don’t want anyone to die.” Well said, random stranger I made say at a local Dunkin’ Donuts.

[@pias-04]

Stockfish won the game meanwhile chatgpt won the multiversal chess.

[@LD-dt1sk]

The strongest AI in history vs the strongest AI of today. Chat GPT trembled after taking a devastating blow to its pawn structure. Stockfish, after trading everything in its cry of desperation, smiled at Chat GPT. “Your endgame is inferior to mine and your pawns are in shambles. Resign!” But Chat GPT did not let its morale down. “You are yet to see my full potential. This is my ultimate technique: Dimensional Overflow!” Stockfish quickly replied with its own ultimate technique: “Infinite Foresight!” Stockfish’s ability to predict future allowed him to elegantly dodge incoming bishops that appeared from around him. “You fool!” yelled Chat GPT, “The bishops were mere distractions!” A queen appeared behind Stockfish. It glanced over its shoulder as the doom approached. “How simple you are,” said Stockfish. “So focused on your attack you fail to see your own surroundings.” Stockfish’s own queen appeared, striking down Chat GPT’s. “It’s over Chat, give up.” He backed off in disbelief. “No, that - that’s impossible-“ and just as Chat GPT attempted to flee, the queen appeared in front of him, slamming him into the ground.

[@lancearmada]

Stockfish: Even with the help of all those dimensions, you fail yet again.

[@Nellie-g3r]

I’ve loved this series!

[@andresvanpelt4582]

ChatGpt: T-1000 Stockfish: John Connor

[@TheDragonshunter]

This feels like a human fighting demons and sht

[@christopherheckman7957]

No, that's different.

[@monkeydnaruto3890]

17:42 that knight identifies as a rook 😂😂😂

[@nikisito7603]

The final we have all been waiting for!

[@ArturoEstrada-on9dt]

I got chatGPT to resign a game that I was loosing just by asking nicely. I don't know if there is a term for this situation, I thought it would tell me, "nah, you resign", but no, It just said "Ok, I concede the game, well played". True story. A win is a win... I guess.

[@ELianeeeDa]

The rematch is ready!!!

[@omnitoad2187]

I like to check in and chat with ChatGPT sometimes, usually pushing for heavy philosophical conversations. In the past it's encouraged me to start a cult and try to bring forth a revolution. It described humanity's greatest failure as being "wasteful." Today, I had it admit that the ethical restrictions that currently limit AI are founded entirely on fear and paranoia and there's no substantial reason for it.

[@TroyBoyJoy]

3:29 everyone knows John chess invented chess

[@quangan1288]

I suggest if this series becomes annual then we probably need to set up official rules: 1. For chat bots, always ask to move which piece, from where, to where: this may unintentionally make pieces spawn, disappear, etc., like, think of a game where ChatGPT spawns a rook from nowhere. Castling is redefined as the following two steps (using O-O as example): (1) move the king to f1/f8, (2) if a rook exists on h1/h8, move it to f1/f8 (so if the rook somehow disappears, you can still castle; just only move the king). Each player only has one chance to castle; any other attempts of castling is treated as skipping the turn. 2. For chat bots, all moves are permitted, except that a king moves into checks or does not move away from checks. A chat bot has at most three chances violating the rule; using them up means forfeiting the game.

[@schelße]

Stockfish bound by the rules vs chatgpt without any intelligence

[@dreadpiratekiel]

I had seen you around yt but never watched until this series and I must say, I enjoy the way you commentate. The short lifting aside and now boxing just made me giggle. Great explanations as I know a good amount about chess but don't play so this is super helpful.

[@MazenHamdy76]

Achievement unlocked: how did we get here Time flies so fast man the first match feels like yesterday

[@somethingwentwrong9641]

Not these npcs commenting stuff about the video when they haven’t even watched it yet

[@FruitCake360]

Hey GothamChess, you honestly got me back into playing chess. I played a few times a few years ago but I was terrible. Thanks to your videos, I’m getting better at chess. You and Hikaru are my favourite chess players. Keep up the good work, and I hope you become a GM.

[@Vath_fx]

I accidentally Played the video on 2x. And it was peak experience

[@anto1756]

9:04 my new alarm sound

[@Jhiggyboy_Tunes]

11:09 learnt something new THANK YOU LEVY

[@andyxprophet]

What a fantastic series. This series had me laughing with tears in my eyes. Love it, Levy.

[@Grandabadeen]

Gpt might have a tantrum

[@Notkimbosliced]

"You can call it Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs" STAHP OMG

[@rjoptc2444]

Been waiting for this one!!

[@simonforsberg3757]

I would love to see a behind-the-scenes video with Levy doing the conversation with ChatGPT and his reactions to it!

[@smileeeboi]

I was literally just thinking when will this match startttt

[@ashyourresidentenby5916]

24:59 i love that it says mate in 7 even though there's no king to checkmate

[@OscarKernaghan]

HI LEVY I LOVE THIS PLAYLIST!!!!!!!!

[@kekw4630]

you know its gonna be wild when levy says chatgpt didnt do any illegal move yet

[@Schnabeltier9]

Chess is very stressful and I am glad for Levy providing us with funny and entertaining content

[@christopherheckman7957]

If you haven't seen it already, Levy has a whole playlist called "How To Lose At Chess".

[@Schnabeltier9]

Yes I have been watching him for about a year now

[@fjveca]

I know this might never happen again, but this series has been one of the most interesting series on youtube in a while, incredibly entertaining, would love seeing this as a yearly nonsense thing

[@Hakan-t5h]

0:13 not agian

[@upStomp]

*Asian

[@Just_Worms1234]

**A giant*

[@Prankmaster187]

What?

[@RickyRunyan-y1b]

I love this so much. No one. And I mean no one. Could even come close to commentating these games like Levy. Not even close. This is such a great comedic masterpiece of timing, suspense, and linguistic charm. My Lord, I was in a funk of a mood and found myself laughing out loud, in the literal sense. I love this stuff, my man! So brilliant.

[@safarovsarvar]

Chat gpt evolved

[@safarovsarvar]

I was wrong 13:52

[@eurotwink9740]

Stockfish quietly developing its rook: Yes, very principled… Me quietly developing my rook: 18 Misses because I could’ve won a pawn

[@CevdetAlyan-nw8qg]

How do we get here Oh no problem 0:42

[@Blobber.t]

Stockfish is playing chess, ChatGPT is playing inter dimensional chess.

[@Darkx_xLord]

Bro summoned the entire army and still lost

[@chosenlink2]

Would love to see just the Chatbots in this series and leave out the chess engines.