u/acedagain

Hi all - I googled Maia 3 to try it out on my MacBook from safari and it took me to Maia’s website. It said that Maia runs locally and I needed to download a 44mb file. I expected it to go into my download folders and clicked yes. It downloaded and then the Maia website allowed me to use the Maia 3 engine - so it appears it’s loaded in safari somewhere. I can’t find this download in my downloads folder so no idea how it gets “loaded” into safari. How do I uninstall this file and where do I find this download? Any help would be appreciated. New to macOS, new to chess, new to Maia. Thanks!!

I am new-ish to chess (I used to play as a kid and know some openings, tactics, etc) and am getting back into it with my kids. I see a lot has changed with playing against a computer and with AI - such as MAIA. I am wondering if there is an AI bot that can be adaptive in the sense that it learns from how you play - and makes games challenging at your level to make it difficult but not impossible to win and adjusts with you over time. When I google this - Gemini seems to suggest that the chessnut evo board has this functionality but it seems like the career mode is close but not really an adaptive ai - or is it?? This seems like something obvious to me that should exist so I’m hoping for some suggestions to try. I’m open to a phone app, computer application, e-chess board etc… thanks!