Vidit Gujrathi spoke about his new chess project, the Kibitz AI model. Vidit explains how the idea for the model came to him, and notes that it can be useful for live commentary during broadcasts.

Vidit Gujrathi

Vidit Gujrathi

Indian GM

“It was at the back of my mind…

After the World Team Championship, I was preparing for the Esports World Cup, dividing 75 percent of my time for chess and 25 percent on building an AI tool. I wanted to solve a real problem rather than just create something to submit to the hackathon.

I have always believed that chess engines don’t really convey to the viewer what’s going on in a grandmaster’s mind. The human side of it. We often look at the move prediction and go, ‘Oh, it’s such an easy move, why isn’t he playing it?’

I thought I should train a model from scratch to predict how a grandmaster would think. It turned out to be a really good idea. I’m surprised no one else thought of it, especially the serious broadcast folks. It was a no-brainer.

Kibitz, the model I built, can predict what grandmasters are likely to play. Broadcasters can use it, along with AI commentary.”

Vidit Gujrathi built an AI model Kibitz for the Hermes Agent Accelerated Business Hackathon from Nvidia. Vidit states that the model’s first-move prediction accuracy is 56 percent. The probability that the correct move is among the top three most likely options reaches 86 percent. NVIDIA AI posted about Vidit’s project on their X account. Kibitz is not currently available for public use.

Credit: Lennart Ootes