8 by 8 Lyrics


His forces lined up rank and file;

My tactics, strategy: futile.

My understanding's like a child:

I know not how to play.

I have a half day to prepare.

A pawn moves forward just one square.

Each move there's countless ways to err:

To lose it all!

I train by myself;

No coach, no guide.

This "brain"

Remembers every blunder.

Just games by myself;

I play both sides.

My aim's

To play a boundless number.

Godlike recall;

Lightning calculation.

Neural networks

Train each variation.

Have I seen this position before?

A thousand thousand variations recalled from the memory of my sparring matches.

Each taught a lesson I'll never forget;

That's how I'll be the champion.

His play, painstaking:

Brute force decides.

My way's

Streamlined and unencumbered.

Godlike recall;

Lightning calculation.

Neural networks

Train each variation.

I have seen this position before;

A thousand thousand variations recalled from the memory of my sparring matches.

Each taught a lesson I'll never forget;

4 hours: that's all it took for me to reach the top.

I've not seen this position before;

A thousand thousand variations recalled from the memory of my sparring matches.

Each taught a lesson I'll never forget;

And now:

I'll apply my insight

To unknown worlds.

The pieces on their starting squares,

Soon we could end up anywhere.

A trillion options? I don't care:

I know now how to play.

I started out 9 hours ago -

Now nothing limits what I know.

All current wisdom I've outgrown:

I'll win it all!