Club player · Attacker
Play chess against Blaze
All-out attacker. Sacrifices first, asks questions later.
touch_appTry the opening against Blaze: it answers with the moves from its own opening book. The full game, with the engine and chat, is in the app.
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You have White. Make your first move.
How Blaze plays
All-out attacker. Sacrifices first, asks questions later. Blaze goes straight for your king, loves checks and sacrifices, and keeps the position sharp.
How strong it is
Blaze is rated about 1300. Its strength comes from a model of how players at that rating actually err: how far they look ahead and how often they slip, not from a weakened engine.
- 5 ply
- Looks ahead
- 1.1% of moves
- Real mistakes
- −188 centipawns
- Worst normal move
- 15
- Candidate moves weighed
What it plays in the opening
Like a real club player, Blaze picks opening moves from a human opening book. As White:
1.e460%
1.d425%
1.c45%
1.Nf35%
1.e33%
1.Nc32%
Against 1.e4:
1...e545%
1...c515%
1...d510%
1...e68%
1...c66%
1...Nc66%
1...d65%
1...Nf63%
1...g62%
What Blaze says
Blaze reacts to your moves while you play. A few of its lines:
“Hope your king packed a helmet. 🔥”
“I don't defend. I ATTACK. Let's go!”
“Nf3… okay, okay, you can fight back.”
“Hot move! Nf3 actually stung.”
“Nf3… oh, that's going to burn.”
How to beat Blaze
- 1Castle early and keep pawns in front of your king.
- 2Check every sacrifice: if it doesn't work, take the material.
- 3Trade queens. Attackers hate quiet endgames.