--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "6c194ba954a1f254e5e393749110a7c5bcfd7983fc212d06e0bc1c15468ca360" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/6c194ba9?lang=en" title: "AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-01T12:58:02.000Z" category: "Research" topics: ["agent"] source_urls: ["https://the-decoder.com/ai-beats-strategos-greatest-player-ending-one-of-the-last-human-strongholds-in-board-games/"] summary: "The AI system Ataraxos has decisively beaten the best Stratego player of all time. The board game is a tough test for AI because both sides set up their pieces face down. Google Deepmind fell short in 2023 despite a multimillion-dollar budget. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stanford, and MIT built Ataraxos for less than $8,000. The article AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games appeared first on The Decoder ." --- # AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-01T12:58:02.000Z **Category:** Research **Topics:** agent ## Summary The AI system Ataraxos has decisively beaten the best Stratego player of all time\. The board game is a tough test for AI because both sides set up their pieces face down\. Google Deepmind fell short in 2023 despite a multimillion\-dollar budget\. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stanford, and MIT built Ataraxos for less than $8,000\. The article AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games appeared first on The Decoder \. ## Sources - [Story source]()