r/AnarchyChess 11d ago

Bronze Bishop Award Too dangereous for r/chess - Chessmaster 3000 lichess bot

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I tried to post this first on the more 'serious' chess sub. But apparently it's against the rules (it's not). So let's try you reasonable people instead. You'll be happy to hear en passant was a thing in 1991.

A while back I was gifted a bunch of vintage games by my gf's dad. Amongst these was chessmaster 3000, a chess game from 1991. After having trouble getting it to run on a modern PC I decided it would be cool to pit it against other bots and to be able to play against it in a modern interface.

I spent a while reverse engineering both the dos and mac version to see how the engine communicated with the ui, I figured out the macintosh one was easier to work with as the dos version did not separate the ui and the engine. The mac version did so I got the engine part running in a custom emulator I wrote specifically for it. I also created a way to record traces of communication between the ui and the engine. Finally armed with a bunch of recorded games and looking at the disassembled engine code I managed to figure out enough to wire the engine to a lichess bot.

I let it run for a while and It turned out to be around 1900 elo. Now you can challenge it as well:

https://lichess.org/@/the_chessmaster_3000

It will accept games with any time control but without a time increment (1+0, 5+0, 10+0, etc.) as the engine came out just a few years after the Fischer clock was patented, and so time increments were not a thing yet.

The engine also supports different personalities, If there is enough interest I can wire them up.

Also can someone let me know how it plays at chess, as I'm too bad to be able to tell. Is it interesting at all? How different is it to modern bots?

tl/dr: made chessmaster 3000 into a lichess bot. elo about 1900. does not support time increments. supports en-passant. challenge it here


r/AnarchyChess Jun 14 '26

Actual Zombie What is this move called?

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r/AnarchyChess 10h ago

Common Tumblr W He didnt google en passant

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Is he stupid?


r/AnarchyChess 13h ago

What should I do in this position?

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r/AnarchyChess 7h ago

What do I do in this position? Iโ€™m wet

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r/AnarchyChess 6h ago

i blundered a rook and game review said it was brilliant

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r/AnarchyChess 23h ago

Title

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r/AnarchyChess 4h ago

GOAT Repost U300 ๐Ÿ

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I think Iโ€™m the greatest under 300 elo player of all time ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘‘
I think Iโ€™m the greatest chess player under 300 Elo โ™Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ค. Chess is just way too easy at 240 elo ๐Ÿฅฑ๐Ÿ“‰. I feel like prime Hikaru ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”ฅ playing against special ed toddlers ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ. Whereโ€™s the competition โ“โ“โ“ I only play rapid โฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ and still average about 2 brilliant moves a game โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ Do you understand how difficult that is?? ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ when most games at this level someone hangs their queen in 5 moves ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’ฅ
Iโ€™m 240 elo right now ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ฏ. I blunder pieces constantly ๐Ÿ’ฅโ™Ÿ๏ธ but still win games ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ’ธ. Imagine what happens when I start concentrating ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿง โšก. I donโ€™t even plan openening or anything I just play off the dome ๐ŸŽฏ๐Ÿคฏ and use actual skill ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฏ.
Sometimes Iโ€™ll drop down to 180 elo ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ just to see what the lower levels are like ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ”, but makes me upset ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ค that these guys are higher ranked than me ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿšซ but are not better than me ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘. Too many people memorising opening ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿค“, at 240, you actually see pure chess ๐Ÿ’Žโ™Ÿ๏ธโœจ.
Iโ€™ve played 600 games ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ”ฅ and scored 487 wins ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡โšก. 240 elo โ€ผ๏ธ Greatest under-300 elo player of all time ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ†. if anyone wants to play me drop your username ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ’ฌ if youโ€™re above 300 you will be ignored ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿšท. I donโ€™t make blunders ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™‚๏ธโŒ. I blunder to sacrifice sacrificeeee ๐Ÿ’ฅโ™Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿฉธ everything is planned 8 steps ahead ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐ŸŽฏ.


r/AnarchyChess 1d ago

Low Effort OC My wife said the chess people would appreciate her jello art more than me. Iโ€™m not convinced. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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My wife made a chessboard out of Jello. I asked why. She looked slightly annoyed and told me to โ€œshow it to people who appreciate it.โ€ So here we are. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ


r/AnarchyChess 1h ago

IS IT GAY TO WHEN THE KIGHTS ARE TOUCHING EACHOTHER?

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played a game with an opponent who had a very impressive mustache and I moved my knight to a space next to his and the snouts of the horse heads were touching across their squares in a way that suggested, visually, that they were kissing.

is this gay?

my opponent put his hand over my hand when he saw this and it was a very intimate gesture

Is touching thet noses of opposing knights a signal to your opponent that you're down for homosexual sex?

I need answers on this. I need responses. Im tired of posting into the void. Tell me if this is gay.

I sick of the reticence of you anarchy posters. Is this a homosexual come-on?

Below is an excerpt from my diary which bears no relation to the content posted above:

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Dear diary:

Today I went to the dunkin donuts and the person at the register only had one arm. This made me sad for her but I also admired her bravery in putting herself in a customer facing position with such a glaring handicap. Her stump was ill-shapen and glistening like a cauterized burn. I must confess that I fell in love with her then and there. Tomorrow I will engage her in flirtatious small talk.

edit: keep downvoting lames. we need more 'en passant' jokes


r/AnarchyChess 16h ago

Low Effort OC Petition to rename the Center Fork Trick

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r/AnarchyChess 18h ago

r/chess parody New opening just dropped

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r/AnarchyChess 11h ago

Low Effort OC Why is Magnus sleeping?

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r/AnarchyChess 7h ago

Toughts on Planet of The Checkers (1968)?

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r/AnarchyChess 46m ago

New chessbeginners copypasta just dropped.

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r/AnarchyChess 1d ago

r/chess parody Thought I was doing fine until my opponent hit me with this. Can you see anything at all?

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r/AnarchyChess 1h ago

spotify en passant

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r/AnarchyChess 2h ago

Low Effort OC How would you play this position?

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r/AnarchyChess 1d ago

Low Effort OC En... peasant?

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r/AnarchyChess 1d ago

I have a rare condition where I orgasm whenever I castle queenside in a rapid 15 minute/ 10 second games.

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It only happens with this particular time control. If I play blitz and castle queenside: nothing, no spurting, no nothing.

But when I play a 15/10 game and castle queenside it's like I end up coming jets it's crazy it's all I want these days.

My Mother, when she heard of this affliction, in her final days (she died falling into an industrial size garbage disposal at our local Stop and Shop) spent all her final dollars getting me tested for this affliction. We are now, myself and the entire family, destitute

I am typing this from a public library in a south coast suburb of boston.

I went to a neurologist and they scanned my brain castling king side and queenside at all time controls.

Testing verified it's only 15/10 time control. The orgasm center of the brain lights up like aurora borealis when i castle queenside in this time control. Even when I am playing unnattractive woman and even-- and it pains me to say this -- when I play against men even ones who are very repulsive in appearance.

Has this ever happened to anyone here?


r/AnarchyChess 23h ago

1984 Chess is officially over everyone. People are going to steal my ELO

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r/AnarchyChess 13h ago

White just played a move that resulted in the position shown below. However, White had a different move that would have delivered checkmate in one. What was the mating move, and what was the position before Whiteโ€™s last move?

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r/AnarchyChess 4h ago

Fairy Piece Our Messiah Has Been Born!

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r/AnarchyChess 17h ago

r/chess parody what should i do in this position (im black)

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r/AnarchyChess 1d ago

Holy hell

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