Me: Can you play chess? If so, start a chess board here using:
- a letter for each player.. e.g. K = King, Q = Queen, P = Pawn, etc
- I will be capital letters, your players can be lower case letters
GPT4: As a text-based AI, I am not able to display a full chess board or play chess with you in real time. However, I can help you understand chess strategies, explain the rules, and discuss famous games. Let me know if you have any questions or need assistance with chess concepts.
Me: Can you draw a chess board from text? e.g.
- a letter for each player.. e.g. K = King, Q = Queen, P = Pawn, etc
- I will be capital letters, your players can be lower case letters
GPT4: Sure! I can display the initial position of a chess board using text representation. Here is a standard chess board at the beginning of a game:
R N B Q K B N R
P P P P P P P P
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
p p p p p p p p
r n b q k b n r
Me: Ok, thanks I'll go first. Move my pawn on e4 to d4.
GPT4: I apologize for any confusion, but it seems there is a mistake in your move description. The pawn on e4 is not yet on the board. The initial position of the pawns is on the second rank. To move a pawn to e4, you can move the pawn from e2 to e4. Here is the updated board after your move:
R N B Q K B N R
P P P P . P P P
. . . . . . . .
. . . . P . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
p p p p p p p p
r n b q k b n r
Now it's my turn. I'll move my pawn from e7 to e5:
R N B Q K B N R
P P P P . P P P
. . . . . . . .
. . . . P . . .
. . . . . p . .
. . . . . . . .
p p p p . p p p
r n b q k b n r
Me: This is good. Can you add the place position labels to the outside of the board?
GPT4: Certainly! Here's the updated chessboard with rank and file labels after your move (e2 to e4) and my move (e7 to e5):
8 r n b q k b n r
7 p p p p . p p p
6 . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . p . .
4 . . . . P . . .
3 . . . . . . . .
2 P P P P . P P P
1 R N B Q K B N R
a b c d e f g h
Now it's your turn.
Me: Huh, you flipped the board so now I'm on the bottom?
GPT4: Apologies for the confusion. I misunderstood your original intent. Here's the corrected board with your pieces at the top and the rank and file labels:
8 r n b q k b n r
7 p p p p . p p p
6 . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . p . .
4 . . . . P . . .
3 . . . . . . . .
2 P P P P . P P P
1 R N B Q K B N R
a b c d e f g h
Now it's your turn.
Me: Ok my pawn on e4 takes your pawn on f5.
GPT4: After your pawn on e4 captures my pawn on f5, the board looks like this:
8 r n b q k b n r
7 p p p p . p p p
6 . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . P . .
4 . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . .
2 P P P P . P P P
1 R N B Q K B N R
a b c d e f g h
Now it's my turn. I'll move my knight from g8 to f6:
8 r n b q k b . r
7 p p p p . p p p
6 . . . . . n . .
5 . . . . . P . .
4 . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . .
2 P P P P . P P P
1 R N B Q K B N R
a b c d e f g h
Me: Ok, move my pawn on f2 to f4
etc, etc...
Here’s an example for how to play chess with GPT4, using only txt in https://chat.openai.com …
does it play better / make legal moves for longer this way?