It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.

A Reddit user recently pit the chess engine Stockfish, which has won the Top Chess Engine Championship eight times, against the notorious AI-powered conversation bot ChatGPT in a dismal chess match.

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