Natural Chess
Compatible with Mac OS, iOS, and iPad OS.
⚡ 100% Offline: Once the game is loaded for
the first time, everything runs purely locally, with no internet connection required.
Welcome to the era of natural intelligence. This unique project revolves around a fascinating idea: what if artificial intelligence could play chess with intuition, just like a human? A project designed specifically for tech enthusiasts who are passionate about the noble game and AI.
🤖 Analytical AI
The Analytical AI is the classic, yet extremely powerful and optimized tactical engine of the project.
- Capable of calculating up to 5 half-moves ahead very quickly. Depth 8 is available but is the slowest setting.
- Coming soon: The Analytical AI will receive a major speed boost as the entire engine will be recoded in C++. Currently, at depth 5, it can sometimes take up to a minute; I hope to optimize this significantly.
- If you are not satisfied with Natural AI, you can always test your skills against Analytical AI (depth 6). It is the strongest AI in the game, although its positional intelligence is slightly weaker than the Natural AI. Something to think about!
- Perfect for raw analysis and verifying the correctness of moves.
🌿 Natural AI
The vibrant heart of the project, powered by a homemade neural network inspired by human brain function.
- Plays based on its intuition, statistics, and probabilities of positions, forged by hundreds of thousands of games. Can reach depth 12 and is extremely strong thanks to its archive of 300,000 games.
- 🚀 Speed Boost: The engine has been completely recoded in C++, a language closer to machine code. As a result, while it once took nearly a minute for depth 12, it now takes just over ten seconds!
- Elaborates on its choices and shares fascinating insights during the game.
About Natural Chess
Natural Chess is a chess experience powered by a neural network designed to simulate human intuition.
Unlike traditional chess engines that rely solely on brute calculation, Natural Chess emphasizes intuitive decision-making inspired by modern AI systems like AlphaZero.
The neural network used in Natural Chess has been trained on hundreds of thousands of chess games to learn patterns, positional understanding, and strategic intuition. Rather than calculating indefinitely, it evaluates positions using knowledge acquired from real games.
This neural network was developed and trained specifically for Natural Chess, making it a unique artificial intelligence designed specifically for this experience.
Natural Chess also works entirely offline. No Internet connection is required, allowing you to play anywhere — on a plane, on a train, or anywhere without network access.
Features:
- Neural network-based chess AI
- Trained on hundreds of thousands of games
- Intuitive playing style close to human play
- Completely offline play
- Simple and smooth interface
- Suitable for beginners and experienced players alike
Natural Chess offers a different way to experience chess: a playing style closer to human intuition.
⚔️ Tournament of Machines
You can pit the computers against each other! Verify if their theoretical Elo matches their practical Elo by launching AI vs AI games, especially using the magic "Calibrate Elo" button.
🚀 Coming Soon to the App Store!
Natural Chess will soon be available on the Mac App Store. A full preview of the application will also be published on this website very soon!
A perfect bridge between modern computing (MCTS neural networks) and the pure poetry of chess as felt by humans.