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Discovered checkmate
Tonight I played a fast game with a bot called Coach May that plays fairly good, except for when I would take advantage of my opponent's...

James Phelps
Apr 23, 20251 min read
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Riddle of the Sphinx
Today I worked on something for my moon phases puzzle which also has its roots in Ancient Egypt as well and has a lot to do with the...

James Phelps
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Victory game
Today I played over the board while playing on my computer, and my opponent was a new AI that was putting up a good fight, until I got...

James Phelps
Apr 18, 20251 min read
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Outwitting the opponent
Tonight I played a long game of chess against an AI named Tim who was doing everything in its power to trick me but I was fooling my...

James Phelps
Apr 10, 20251 min read
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Planning my next move
Today I played Video Chess while playing over the board and was planning my next move thinking ahead of the player when I saw a checkmate...

James Phelps
Apr 9, 20251 min read
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Noita Eye Glyph Cipher
Today I tried deciphering a string of these strange Eye Glyph characters that I think is a ADFGX cipher? For instance each different Eye...

James Phelps
Apr 7, 20251 min read
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Knight Guardian
Today I was playing over the board while playing chess on the computer and in order to deliver a checkmate to my opponents king I had to...

James Phelps
Apr 5, 20251 min read
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New Chess Board
Today I played Chess on my new chess board that I received and after losing a game I won a game, only it was a different bot since I'm...

James Phelps
Apr 2, 20251 min read
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How to crack Zodiac
The Zodiac left a maze of riddles and ciphers for not only police to solve but people from all over and I think he hinted on how to solve...

James Phelps
Apr 1, 20251 min read
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Outsmarting a smarter AI
Tonight after losing two games earlier I played another chess game with the AI that was playing pretty good except I still managed to...

James Phelps
Mar 29, 20251 min read
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Another Backdoor
I recently heard of a leak from Signal Chat where passwords and other confidential data was being leaked from a lot of Republicans...

James Phelps
Mar 27, 20251 min read
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Cracking Cicada 3301
We often wonder who or what was behind the Cicada 3301 puzzles since that's how I believe it all started? Some say it's the NSA, CIA, or...

James Phelps
Mar 23, 20251 min read
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Three Books
There are at least three known books that are said to exist besides Liber Primus meaning First Book, and there was one I solved which...

James Phelps
Mar 22, 20251 min read
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Technological Game
Tonight I played chess with a bot named Tectone that probably plays like a real person, only it's not a real person, but another AI which...

James Phelps
Mar 21, 20251 min read
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Using a Chess Cipher
Tonight I used a chess cipher to encode something that I want to reveal, but to get the message out I need to either arrange the chess...

James Phelps
Mar 14, 20251 min read
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Messing with the Computer
Tonight after losing a chess game I played an adaptive AI that plays to your level depending on your moves but wasn't always easy to...

James Phelps
Mar 13, 20251 min read
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Trapping and cornering the King
Tonight I played a game of chess and was able to deliver another easy checkmate seeing that my opponent's king got cornered against...

James Phelps
Mar 12, 20251 min read
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Predicting and countermoves
I'm finding out that it's getting easier to win at chess than lose but perhaps I've gotten better at predicting the computer's movements...

James Phelps
Mar 10, 20251 min read
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Chess Engine 5
Tonight I played a chess engine that is probably the highest beginner level but I have beating computers with a higher rating before,...

James Phelps
Mar 8, 20251 min read
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Homophonic Cipher flaw
Today I discovered a flaw or backdoor into the Homophonic cipher. If you input "recipe" as the encryption key to any text encrypted with...

James Phelps
Mar 7, 20251 min read
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