Chess robots have become very popular in the past few years with the Square Off, Chessnut Move, and Cynus entering the scene. They have been around for decades though. Take the Fidelity Phantom 6100: it is a chess robot from the late 1980s. It centers and moves the pieces on its own. It has an auto-play function, so it can play against itself. Here are the specs for it:
- Processor: 65C02 @ 5 MHz2
- Memory: 8 KB RAM
- Opening Library: 12,000 positions
- Levels of Play: 24 difficulty levels
- ELO Rating: 1850
- Auto play until stopped
Over the years, we have collected a bunch of these. Unlike other models, this one can play against itself and reset the board continuously.
The ChessUp 2 is one of the strongest chess computers money can buy. It runs a very advanced version of Stockfish. You can play on Lichess and Chess.com. It shows move quality with different colors to give you feedback. In the above video, we put it to the test against the Phantom. Not surprisingly, the game wasn’t very competitive.
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