Grok, o3, o4-mini, and Gemini 2,5 pro qualify for the semifinal of Kaggle Arena AI chess
Day 1 of Kaggle Arena IA chess saw Grok, o3, o4-mini, and Gemini 2,5 pro qualify for the semifinals of the competitions. All matches finished with a clean sweep 4-0
o4-mini (OpenAI) vs DeepSeek R1 – 4:0
Kimi k2 (Moonshot AI) vs o3 (OpenAI) – 0:4
Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google) vs Claude 4 Opus (Anthropic) 4:0
Grok 4 (xAI) vs Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google) 4:0
Next round will see o4 vs o3-mini and Grok vs Gemini 2.5 Pro. Follow the games live here
Kaggle Game Arena AI chess timeline
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