It’s the spookiest month of the year, October! To celebrate, we’re re-launching five new versions of some of our most popular bots. Go to our Play Computer page to battle against Martin, Filip, Laura, Isla, and Morphy in all of their new glory. 

New opening books, new playing styles and strengths, and hundreds of lines of new dialogue await your games against these fun computer personalities. If that wasn’t enough, a spooky surprise will happen every Monday, so be sure to check back and see what we have in store throughout October.

Learn more about each of our bots below!

Martin

Playing strength: 250.

Martin learned chess to play with his kids. He doesn’t win often (even against his 4-year-old), but the game brings the family together.

Filip

Playing strength: 700.

Filip is learning chess as a way to unwind from his office job. Play a game and help this workaholic relax after a long day at work.

Laura

Playing strength: 1100.

Laura the librarian took up chess after reading about GM Judit Polgar. Pay attention! You might learn something from this bookworm.

Isla

Playing strength: 1700.

Isla learned about chess from viral videos. This “terminally online” Zoomer is learning to improve her game one chess meme at a time.

Morphy

Playing strength: 2600.

Paul Morphy is your favorite chess player’s favorite chess player. Can you beat this visionary 19th-century master?

Can you predict the end of the month bot surprise? Comment down below if you’re ready for one of the toughest monthly bots ever! And click here if you’d like to download the high-resolution versions of the bot avatars.