On a long flight, I tried to take down the chess bot available on Delta's entertainment system, only to find out I was utterly hopeless against it. I decided to figure out how good Delta was by pitting it against increasingly strong bots available on chess.com.

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A developer tests Delta Air Lines' in-flight chess bot by pitting it against progressively stronger chess.com bots. The Delta bot, set to 'easy' mode, defeats opponents rated up to 2000 ELO with over 95% accuracy, playing at an estimated 2300-2450 level before finally losing to a bot simulating world-class player Hikaru Nakamura. The analysis reveals Delta's 'easy' chess AI would rank in the top 500 among 78 million chess.com players.

The chess bot on Delta Air Lines will destroy you