Did GPT-6 Astra Really Solve Chess? (And Who Can Use It)

Did GPT-6 Astra really solve chess? A GothamChess video with that title got nearly a million views in about a day. Here is what the game actually showed, move by move, why chess is still not solved, how strong Astra is on an independent chess test, and who can use Astra on which ChatGPT plan. VERDICT: Impressive, not solved. Astra reached a winning position (plus three and a half, by GothamChess's account) and then lost. Chess is solved only for endgames with seven pieces or fewer. For your wallet it depends: Plus ($20) gets Astra in Work and Codex only. In the chat box, GPT-6 Pro (powered by Astra) starts at Pro, $100 a month. For chess alone, our view is that it isn't worth paying for. Two AI voices discuss this script, written from our verified source ledger. Everything about the game comes from GothamChess's own video, and we attribute it to him. Prices, plans and limits come from OpenAI's own pages (checked 9-11 October 2026; the $ prices from the pricing page on 9 October). "Five times Plus" ($100 / $20) is our maths. Opinions are labelled "our view". No sponsor, no affiliate links. The original video: GothamChess, "GPT-6 Astra Solved Chess. Unbelievable."    • GPT-6 Astra Solved Chess. Unbelievable.   WATCH NEXT Which GPT-6 do you actually get on Free, Plus and Pro?    • GPT-6 on ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro: What ...   All our ChatGPT plan videos:    • ChatGPT Plans & Features 2026: Free, Go, P...   CHAPTERS 0:00 Did GPT-6 Astra solve chess? 1:02 What the viral video shows 2:48 The moves that mattered 5:10 Is chess solved? (tablebases, seven pieces) 7:43 How strong is GPT-6 Astra, really? 9:36 Who can use Astra, and what it costs 11:59 Playing Astra yourself: the allowance 13:31 Verdict 14:32 What to watch next SOURCES (checked 9-11 October 2026) OpenAI, GPT-6 Astra launch post: https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/ OpenAI Help, Managing usage with GPT-6 Astra in Work and Codex: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/2... OpenAI Help, GPT-6 and other models in ChatGPT: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/2... ChatGPT release notes: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6... ChatGPT pricing: https://chatgpt.com/pricing Epoch AI, GPT-6 Astra benchmark page: https://epoch.ai/models/gpt-6-astra/ Chess.com, Tablebase: https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-tab... Wikipedia, Solving chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving... GothamChess, GPT-6 Astra Solved Chess. Unbelievable.:    • GPT-6 Astra Solved Chess. Unbelievable.   MUSIC Music: "From Here on In" by Everet Almond (YouTube Audio Library) STOCK FOOTAGE Stock footage: Pexels (illustrative) · Vlada Karpovich, cottonbro studio, Tima Miroshnichenko, Pixabay, Magda Ehlers, Anh Nguyen, Artem Podrez, Jack Sparrow Source screenshots captured 9-11 Oct 2026 (OpenAI pages from our own screen recording), unedited. #ChatGPT #GPT6 #GPT6Astra #Chess #OpenAI