Chess Bonzi Buddy

Play chess against a purple gorilla from 1999.

Bonzi Buddy runs on Stockfish and talks trash the whole game. Lose, then import the game and find out exactly where it went wrong.

Bonzi Buddy wants to play chess! Click OK to lose.
Bonzi Buddy
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Chess Bonzi Buddy
Checkmate. Bonzi wins in four moves.
BonziBUDDY.exe
Hi there! Ready to get destroyed?
Bonzi Buddy

Stockfish moves, playground mouth.

Every capture, check, and checkmate gets a comment. The lines are hand-written and he never repeats one within three turns.

  1. [game start]Bonzi: Hi there! Ready to get destroyed?

Then find out what went wrong.

Import

Demo: a Chess.com game link is pasted, then three recent games are listed and ticked for import.

Paste a Chess.com game link, or pull your last 50 games from Chess.com or Lichess and pick the ones worth a look.

Demo
Review

Stockfish 18 grades every move from best to blunder, scores accuracy for both sides, and estimates the rating you played at.

Practice

Every mistake becomes a puzzle. Find the move you should have played.