Developer Spends Ten Months Building a Chess Bot Designed to Play Like Humans

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A developer documented a ten-month project to create a chess bot that plays in a more human-like manner. The project is described in a blog post published on mbuffett.com and was shared on Hacker News, where it gathered modest attention. The source material provides limited detail beyond the project's duration and goal, so the specific methods and results are not covered here. The item reflects ongoing interest in making chess engines mimic human play rather than purely optimal moves.

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