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GPT-6 Astra chess test: 4 wins at Stockfish 1320/1500 limiter settings, 2 losses at 1700

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I ran this as a small reproducible experiment, not as an Elo claim. GPT-6 Astra played six full games against Stockfish 18 under a FEN protocol. Astra was given the authoritative current position each turn, but had no chess engine, no legal move list, no opening book, no tablebase, no web access, n…

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  1. 2026-09-08 14:03 · r/OpenAI
    GPT-6 Astra chess test: 4 wins at Stockfish 1320/1500 limiter settings, 2 losses at 1700

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