I beat the ben bot after 3 attempts, I played the benoni in the game I had black and I won by simply attacking on the kingside. it did not defend very well but the other two games I blundered pieces
My real comment: This is definitely the funniest bot! I'm no match for it, but it's fun replaying it to see which of your catchphrases will come up as it must have some sort of randomizer. I also think I see a "!!" reflection in it's sunglasses. But I'm unsure if that's intentional or just the reflection's design. Bonus: Imagine if your profile pic was a photo of you against a white background wearing the same shirt. Potentially confusing the audience. (Sort of like the thumbnail.)
I played it once and got checkmated by a brilliant rook sacrifice followed by what could have been a smothered checkmate in 3, but the bot chose a quicker checkmate in 2 instead
"I'm usually not rooting for my opponent, but here I am". "Hm, the insults are quite mild." Love this Ben vs. Ben content. Lost to his chessbot last night when be forked by knife.
I was surprised when the real Ben didn't accept the cyber Ben's offer of a rook trade. I would have thought with the king more advanced (in its third rank), the endgame would favor white. But I'm bad at chess. That endgame was impressive.
Is Ra4 any good, followed by Qa1. Instead of Qa4? When black must play Qe7. When you double up on the bubble up, and black is in a bit of a bind but white still has e3 to worry about and a drafty king. , black remains uncastled. The computer says after Qe7 white plays Na5 winning +2.23. Nice you refuted a line of the QGA.
This bot should say things like: Go Ben! Never play f3 c4 is explosive knife f5 What you're doing? The answer is fries Oh no, anything but that noooo Still theory
I've been playing BenBot nonstop since I discovered it this morning. I particularly enjoy hanging my queen, but I really miss the roasting. Can't they add some snarky comments to the bot?
