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Testing my patients
Today I played a game of chess with an AI that was testing my patients when it had the advantage, only by some miracle I managed to turn...

James Phelps
May 191 min read
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Before computers
In 1770 a mechanical contraption called the Mechanical Turk was designed to fool its opponents into believing it could play chess like...

James Phelps
May 191 min read
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Gold-Bug Cipher
I was taking a closer look at an image from Machine1337, which was of a hooded figure and checked it for hidden messages, and found what...

James Phelps
May 161 min read
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That number again...
A user that goes by the username "Machine1337" may have been involved in a data breach, but now it sounds bogus? That obfuscated code was...

James Phelps
May 151 min read
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Outsmarting an Adaptive AI
Tonight after one chess game came to a draw I played another game that was just as tricky, only with an Adaptive AI that was trying to...

James Phelps
May 141 min read
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Rematch with The Hacker
Tonight I played another game with The Hacker bot in a rematch, and did everything in my power to defeat him again which was never easy...

James Phelps
May 91 min read
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Defeating The Hacker
Tonight I played a very challenging game with a bot called The Hacker that plays significantly well, but after resigning from a game...

James Phelps
May 61 min read
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White's Ambush Attack
Tonight I played Chess with a bot that plays a lot better than the one I faced off against last night, but I had a perfect game with 0...

James Phelps
May 51 min read
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From a Pawn to a Queen
Tonight I played another game of chess with that bot that was no match for my rook, and pawn which I promoted for a queen and it was a...

James Phelps
May 41 min read
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Life of a hacker
Everyday is a new one and I try to make the most of it when I'm cracking codes, or playing Chess on my computer, but it's always against...

James Phelps
May 31 min read
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Queen's Guardian Knight
Today I played a good game of chess and my opponent who was stronger than I thought, but once I had his defenses lowered, I protected my...

James Phelps
May 11 min read
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Riddle of the Sphinx: the lost chapter
The known answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is Man, and that is what the constellation Aquarius is after all, only the God of Rain. My...

James Phelps
Apr 281 min read
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Defeating Anarchy Bot
Tonight I played a really hard game with an AI named Anarchy Bot that is very aggressive and tricky, but with some luck I managed to...

James Phelps
Apr 261 min read
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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 231 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 211 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 181 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 101 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 91 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 71 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 51 min read
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