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# 64 Squares
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/64-squares/
- Published: 2021-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: so said the retired grandmaster: we humans, we used to be faster but A.I.’s advent which we did invent has proven to be a disaster
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

so said the retired grandmaster:  
we humans, we used to be faster  
but A.I.’s advent  
which we did invent  
has proven to be a disaster

As its capabilities grow  
White, black, doesn’t matter, you know  
As if we’re beginners  
We’re no longer winners  
And chess has become tic tac toe

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785361-Chess image is of Kasparov's losing game with Deep Blue, Scientific American