{"id":32197,"date":"2020-11-23T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32197"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:29:49","slug":"vitalik-buterin-takes-on-a-fide-master-in-chess-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-takes-on-a-fide-master-in-chess-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Takes on a FIDE Master in Chess Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/botezlive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">played<\/a> a chess game with Canadian national team player Alexandra Botez in a live stream on Twitch.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_117361\\\" style=\\\"width: 2890px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-117361\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-117361\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04.png\\\" alt=\\\"Vitalik Buterin engages in a chess duel with a FIDE Master\\\" width=\\\"2880\\\" height=\\\"1800\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04.png 2880w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2020-11-23-v-10.19.04-2048x1280.png 2048w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-117361\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Source: twitch.tv\/botezlive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Botez holds the title of FIDE Master and is a five-time Canadian women&#8217;s champion. She challenged Buterin after a series of podcasts devoted to the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@VitalikButerin<\/a> I\u2019m a chess streamer and a big fan of your work \ud83d\ude04I heard from some people in the crypto space that you are pretty good at chess! It would be a huge honor to play if you ever need a break<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandra Botez (@alexandravbotez) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandravbotez\/status\/1327311662005686272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a chess streamer and a big fan of your work. I heard from some people that you\u2019re pretty good at chess! It would be a huge honour to play with you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite Alexandra Botez&#8217;s credentials, some users speculated that Vitalik Buterin could hold his own against her:<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Watch Vitalik just secretly have a 2500+ in him he\u2019s just never bothered to play enough rated matches <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/PD34qfzaWb\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/PD34qfzaWb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Goltra (@Goltra) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Goltra\/status\/1329047650059001857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVitalik is secretly a grandmaster; he has simply never played in rated matches.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Buterin <a href=\\\"https:\/\/vitalik.ca\/general\/2019\/12\/24\/christmas.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">debuted<\/a> in \u201c1.58-dimensional chess\u201d on a pyramidal board.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Prediction markets took bets on the match between Buterin and Botez, dubbing it \u201cking versus queen.\u201d Yieldwars users backed Alexandra Botez, while participants in Omen Prediction Markets were confident of Buterin&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Alexandra Botez won.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_117365\\\" style=\\\"width: 1131px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-117365\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-117365\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-11-23-10.41.55.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Vitalik Buterin engages in a chess duel with a FIDE Master\\\" width=\\\"1121\\\" height=\\\"1030\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-11-23-10.41.55.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-11-23-10.41.55-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-11-23-10.41.55-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-11-23-10.41.55-768x706.jpg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-117365\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Source: YieldWars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in 2016, a group of students at the Technical University of Berlin conducted a chess match using software built on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s Telegram news: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener 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