Launching today

Coffeehouse Chess

Launching today

Play chess with an AI opponent you can talk to

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Play chess with an AI opponent you can talk to

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Play chess with five AI personalities that talk back and remember your games. Speak your moves, discuss the position, and play in your browser or on a Chessnut Move with automatic piece movement. A dedicated chess engine chooses the moves. Free to try.

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Launch tags:Education•Artificial Intelligence•Games

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OpenAI

GPT-6 Astra Challenge

What became possible in your product with Astra that was not practical before?

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Astra allowed me to build a 3d wizard chess board that nothing else could do to this level. I am also a very overworked person with very little free time, GPT-6 Astra is the first model that didn't need hand holding and consistently gave great output. It also really helped optimise my voice stack to get my costs down so I can actually offer this for free for the next week, basically more than halved my costs.

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Hey everyone, I'm Tom. This is Coffeehouse Chess. It's a game of chess with an opponent you can actually talk to. Say your move, ask what they're planning, or give them a bit of grief when their plan falls apart. A dedicated chess engine chooses the moves. The voice layer gives your opponent a character and keeps the conversation going as you play. There are five personalities to play against. The one in my demo is Zadie Flint, a former magician and a bit of a hustler. They remember your games, so you can come back to an opponent you've already spent time with. The board in the video is my Chessnut Move. It reads my moves and physically plays the opponent's replies. You can also play entirely in your browser. I've been chipping away at this for a couple of months around my full-time job, usually about two hours a week. Over the last three weeks, GPT-6 Astra helped me build the 3D chessboard, improve the flow of the AI, and polish the website. It's helped me get a lot more of the product working the way I wanted. For today's GPT-6 Astra Challenge launch, I've unlocked every feature with 30 free voice minutes a day. That includes all five personalities, memory and Chessnut Move support. No card needed. The offer runs until 24 September at 22:11 UTC, with daily resets at midnight UTC, subject to capacity. Have a game and tell me how it feels. Which opponent did you pick, and would you sit down for another game with them? If something breaks or a reply doesn't fit the position, I want to hear that too. Offer terms: https://coffeehousechess.com/leg...

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