I'm looking at Dor (getdor.com). They're appealing because I don't have to run power or low voltage, AND they integrate with square.... And they include batteries with the subscription.... But of course... it's yet another subscription. Any experience with them or any others? We have a few locations so whatever I go with has a multiplier associated with it. Source: almost 2 years ago

Bots that are trying to play well, but are poorly coded. Not every chessbot is made by a team of people who know what they're doing. Every once in a while someone who is learning how to program will try their hand at making a bot from scratch. Or as a fun challenge will code a bot with some kind of restriction. SEE The Kilobyte's Gambit These kinds of bots often do play like people, but like beginners. They have... Source: about 1 year ago

Example: The website https://vole.wtf/kilobytes-gambit/ has a toy chess engine written in 1 kilobyte of Javascript. The website had to put this disclaimer at the bottom of the screen. Source: over 1 year ago

When I was starting out, when I was having a bad day I'd play against The Kilobytes gambit. Source: over 1 year ago

There's an entire chess engine which is just 1024 BYTES of Javascript: The Kilobyte's Gambit. Source: over 1 year ago

Much like humans - some AIs aren't very good. Unlike checkers or Connect 4 chess isn't "solved": there's no existing AI or strategies that can win 100% of the time. Chess is just much too complicated for that, as the number of available moves becomes truly ridiculous as a game goes on. High level AI in Chess is very good, and barring some sort of time control espionage can't be beat by humans in any capacity. But... Source: almost 2 years ago