GoKawiilIndependent developer builds Chessbook-1, a human-like chess bot for training
An independent developer spent ten months building Chessbook-1, a 199-million-parameter chess model designed to mimic how real Lichess players move, think and manage time at any rating or time control. It now powers training games on Chessbook and was benchmarked against existing human-like engines Maia-3 and Allie 2.0 using September 2026 Lichess positions drawn after each model's training cutoff.