When Code Gets Cheap, Judgment Gets Expensive - The Story of Building Arrakis Chess Engine with Claude Code https://www.bernardleong.com/when-code-gets-cheap-judgment-gets-expensive-the-story-of-building-arrakis-engine/
Came out from a project I build for my kids in #chess

This is the story of building Arrakis Engine, an open-source chess coaching AI that pairs Stockfish's analysis with reasoning LLMs to give children and their parents something chess platforms don't: actual coaching. Released on 7 April 2026. I will talk about the lessons learnt while building Arrakis over the weekends
Chesstron v0.1.1 is out!
#Chess piece styles and a smarter/faster Drunkmaster bot
Play in your browser https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=156143
Or download it on itch https://369px.itch.io/chesstron
The FIDE Candidates 2026 will continue today at 12:45 UTC!
With just four games left to play, GM Javokhir Sindarov has once again extended his lead to two points, while in the Women's Candidates, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is now in sole 1st place.
โก๏ธ Read our FIDE Candidates Round 10 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/candidates-round-10-sindarov-widens-gap-once-again-vaishali-in-sole-lead/PBR3oo78

GM Javokhir Sindarov has extended his lead to two points after defeating GM R Praggnanandhaa, while in the Women's Candidates, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is in the sole lead after both GM Zhu Jiner and GM Divya Deshmukh lost their games to GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, respectively.
Vaishali Rameshbabu ๐ฎ๐ณ is now in the sole lead and in position to vie for the Women's World Chess Championship title! Amazing what she has achieved so far. It is still tense as there are two players just half a point behind.
#Chess #India #FIDE #FIDECandidates #CandidatesTournament #Cyprus