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Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot

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#23Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 20, 2026First seen

Trending history

Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 20, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 11 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #23 of 30, reached on Oct 20, 14:46 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 20, 15:16 UTC.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 12:5713:3214:0614:4115:16 Oct 20, 12:57 UTC · #29Oct 20, 13:07 UTC · #29Oct 20, 13:16 UTC · #29Oct 20, 13:31 UTC · #28Oct 20, 13:46 UTC · #28Oct 20, 14:01 UTC · #28Oct 20, 14:16 UTC · #28Oct 20, 14:31 UTC · #25Oct 20, 14:46 UTC · #23Oct 20, 15:01 UTC · #24Oct 20, 15:16 UTC · #24

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0101929 12:5713:3214:0614:4115:16 Oct 20, 12:57 UTC · 3Oct 20, 13:07 UTC · 5Oct 20, 13:16 UTC · 8Oct 20, 13:31 UTC · 9Oct 20, 13:46 UTC · 11Oct 20, 14:01 UTC · 12Oct 20, 14:16 UTC · 14Oct 20, 14:31 UTC · 18Oct 20, 14:46 UTC · 20Oct 20, 15:01 UTC · 25Oct 20, 15:16 UTC · 29

Questions

Is Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 20, 15:16 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot reached?

#23 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 20, 14:46 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Spending 10 months building the most human-like chess bot been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 20, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (11 checks) since.