American GM Hans Moke Niemann shared his opinion on the future of chess in Shorts on his YouTube channel. Niemann believes AI will hardly affect chess, and states that chess will be the last standing intellectual game.

Hans Moke Niemann

Hans Moke Niemann

American GM

“Chess is an amazing game that has stood the test of time, being a game of international prominence for 3,000 years.

And, obviously, in the age of AI — when humans will have the sort of brain chip — chess will be one of the last, if not the last, forms of real intellectual warfare.

I think chess has a great future. And I don’t think AI consumption of our lives will affect it too much. At least, I hope so.”

In 2025, Chess.com added the ‘Play Coach’ feature to the platform, an AI bot that provides personalized feedback and spoken guidance during play. In 2026, the database management system ChessBase released ‘AI Consult’, which breaks down positions in simple language. In 2025, American GM Hans Moke Niemann founded Endgame.ai, a chess platform with AI-powered tools for gameplay, tournaments, and community engagement.

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