{"slug": "teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess", "title": "Teaching a fruit fly to play chess", "summary": "Developer ErnestoSOFTWARE released an interactive browser project that simulates a fruit fly's male central nervous system connectome playing chess against a human opponent, rendering live neural activity across the optic lobe and central brain as the fly selects moves. The simulation displays neuron firings, spikes, motor spikes, and simulation time, and lets users play as White or Black with undo, hint, and recentre controls.", "body_md": "Chess vs. a\nFruit Fly\nloading connectome…\nFollow me on\n@ErnestoSOFTWARE · AI & apps development\nThe fly is playing you\nyour move\ndrag to orbit · click a piece, then its destination\nthe fly has been defeated\nPlay again\nFollow me on\n@ErnestoSOFTWARE · AI & apps development\nLoading…\nNew game\nPlay White\nPlay Black\nUndo\nHint\nRecentre\nMoves\n—\nMale CNS connectome · live activity\nidle\noptic lobe\ncentral brain\nsensory in (the board)\ndescending + motor out (the move)\n—\nneurons fired\n—\nspikes\n—\nmotor spikes\n—\nsim time", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess", "canonical_source": "https://flychess-hq.vercel.app", "published_at": "2026-09-14 07:17:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-14 07:32:26.964620+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["neural-networks", "ai-research"], "entities": ["ErnestoSOFTWARE", "fruit fly", "male CNS connectome"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/teaching-a-fruit-fly-to-play-chess.jsonld"}}