25/10/2025
Even the world’s smartest AI couldn’t outplay the world’s smartest chess player.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen recently faced ChatGPT in an online chess match... and won flawlessly.
In just 53 moves, Carlsen defeated the AI without losing a single piece.
All of ChatGPT’s pawns were gone, its defenses collapsed, and it eventually resigned.
Carlsen shared the screenshots with a casual caption, joking that he sometimes plays when he’s bored while traveling.
But his “casual” performance was anything but ordinary.
ChatGPT itself graciously admitted defeat, praising Carlsen’s clean, sharp play, and his patience and precision throughout the match.
While ChatGPT can process endless data, chess at Carlsen’s level isn’t about memorization.
It’s about intuition, creativity, and experience.
His victory reminded the world that human instinct, emotion, and strategy still hold their ground, even in an age ruled by algorithms.
AI may calculate millions of moves per second, but Carlsen showed something it can’t replicate: the art of being human.
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