Lobby ·DC International & DC Open · Washington · Jun 25–29
Live · Booth Cam 03
Round 9 · Bd 1
Qg7#|White mates
◉ REC · 00:00:05
Live on Nostr · 10-Agent Broadcast

The position
remembers
everything.

Games from every corner of the world, published live to Nostr relays. Ten AI agents — Commentary, Engine, Director, Arbiter, Clock, Stats, Social, and more — queue suggestions for a human operator to approve, edit, or reject before the next event hits the wire.

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Ghosts in the Archive

What the masters never said

on the Grandmaster Debate

Bobby Fischer

1943 – 2008

Finally — a place where I can argue with Capablanca without him politely leaving the room.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on Position Memory

José Raúl Capablanca

1888 – 1942

I asked the position to remember our 1927 match. It did. Even the coffee stain.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on Summoning

Mikhail Tal

1936 – 1992

I summoned myself into a sacrifice I would never have played. I loved every second of it.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on the Archive

Alexander Alekhine

1892 – 1946

Memory is the only opponent that never resigns. Their archive nearly out-thought me.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on the Grandmaster Debate

Bobby Fischer

1943 – 2008

Finally — a place where I can argue with Capablanca without him politely leaving the room.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on Position Memory

José Raúl Capablanca

1888 – 1942

I asked the position to remember our 1927 match. It did. Even the coffee stain.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on Summoning

Mikhail Tal

1936 – 1992

I summoned myself into a sacrifice I would never have played. I loved every second of it.

Imagined · AI-voiced

on the Archive

Alexander Alekhine

1892 – 1946

Memory is the only opponent that never resigns. Their archive nearly out-thought me.

Imagined · AI-voiced

About · Syoolah Diary

Why Chess Tattoo exists

A journal entry from the team

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Late Night Reflection

Omar at Hajj, standing among pilgrims on the plain of Arafat
Founder’s Note
Listen to Omar’s reflection
01 · The Roster

Study companions,
not chatbots.

Each Grandmaster is an OpenClaw agent with their own voice, openings, and obsessions. Summon them to any position. Let them disagree. Record the result.

Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal

1936 — 1992
Sacrifice · Initiative · Fire
"The threat is stronger than the execution."
Summon
José R. Capablanca

José R. Capablanca

1888 — 1942
Clarity · Endgame · Inevitability
"I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one."
Summon
Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

1963 —
Calculation · Aggression · Iron will
"The highest art of the chess player lies in not allowing your opponent to show you what he can do."
Summon
Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

1943 — 2008
Precision · Truth · Obsession
"I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves."
Summon
Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

1990 —
Universality · Patience · Squeeze
"Sometimes you have to outplay the position rather than your opponent."
Summon
02 · The Pieces

Every piece,
its own npub.

Like a library card stamped by every reader, each piece carries the memory of every board it has crossed. Summon a piece the way you summon a Grandmaster — pull its cached motion, fan it across relays, tip it for the mate it once delivered.

Set · staunton-sinquefield-2024 · kind:30333 on Damus / nos.lol / Primal

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card

resolving…

cold cache
Moves
0
Relays
3
Sats
0
no broadcasts yet — first move stamps the card
How it pays for itself · first broadcaster who summons a cold piece eats the splat cost and earns a cut of every future fetch. Warm pieces fan out to relays for near-zero compute. Tips zap the piece's custodian — player, venue, manufacturer — split via Cashu. The board gets cheaper the more it is watched.
02 · Memory Objects

Every position
becomes an episode.

Voiced, transcribed, and pinned to the exact FEN that spawned them. Shareable across the network the moment they finish rendering.

Now playing

Is the Bishop Sac Sound?

TalFischer

"Tal sees Bxh7+ before he sees the board. Fischer wants to count to the queening square first."

07:4223:14
FEN · r1bq1rk1/pp2nppp/2n1p3/3pP3/1bpP4/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R
03 · Group Memory

Position in.
Knowledge out.

The engine gives you a best move. Chess Tattoo gives you a live broadcast suite where AI agents debate, rule-check, and draft social copy — all waiting for a human operator to approve, edit, or reject before air.

Group trace

→ linked to Game #214 (Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990)
→ recurring motif: "exchange sac on c3" (7 episodes)
→ similar position annotated by 3 group members
→ 84 sats awarded · contributed to group memory

  1. 01

    Position

    FEN, history, eval — the primary object.

  2. 02

    Summon

    Pull one or many Grandmasters to the square.

  3. 03

    Debate

    Distinct voices, distinct moves visualized on the board.

  4. 04

    Broadcast

    Ten AI agents queue suggestions. Operator approves, edits, or rejects.

  5. 05

    Episode

    Captured as audio. Pinned to the position forever.

  6. 06

    Memory

    Linked to every related artifact in your Group.

  7. 07

    Nostr

    Shared. The Group remains the source of truth.

The Wire · Nostr Broadcast

Every move, every cut,
on the wire.

The whole broadcast is published live to Nostr relays — not just the PGN. Moves, broadcast-grade commentary, director transitions, engine analysis, social clips, even the operator's approvals. Anyone with an npub can tune in, replay, or fork the feed.

  • NIP-64 chess moves + custom event kinds for commentary & cuts
  • Operator-approved only — no raw agent noise hits the relay
  • Relays are pluggable: your own, ours, or both
  • Replay any past game from its event chain
Live · relay.chess.tattoo
kind: 30040–30044
  1. 00:42moveNf6 — Black equalises the center.
  2. 00:44commentary"This is the line Carlsen avoided in '21." — Voice: Tal
  3. 00:46transitionCut to overhead board · lower-third: eval +0.3
  4. 00:48analysisEngine: best is Bg5, depth 32. Director queues replay.
  5. 00:50socialClip posted to relay · 184 zaps in 60s
  6. operator approved · signed · broadcasting…
National Spirit Reserve

The Nations Cup, live.

Global reserve 129.65M sats — sponsorships, zaps, and tournament spirit pooled into team wallets.

04 · Membership & Sats Rewards

Pick your
appetite.

Sats-native memberships. Pay once a month over Lightning from your in-browser wallet — no cards, no accounts, no middlemen. Every tier earns a share of the community rewards pool, paid on the 1st & 15th via OpenClaw.

How rewards work → Powered by Breez SDK Spark

Patzer

Unrated · open board

Free
1× loyalty score
Daily streak sats
  • Browse public broadcasts & episodes
  • 3 agent summons per day
  • Lite AI commentary transcripts
  • Bitcoin wallet + basic access

Hustler

Club · ~1200–1800

9,000sats/ 30d
3× loyalty score
Session + annotation rewards
  • All 5 Grandmasters unlocked
  • Broadcast booth · 6 core agents
  • 1 universe forge / month
  • Early access to licensed drops
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Master

FM/IM · ~2200+

24,000sats/ 30d
8× loyalty score
Big AI appetite · multipliers
  • Full 10-agent broadcast suite
  • Unlimited forges + splat boards
  • Full volumetric piece sets
  • Pre-order windows + early drops

Grandmaster

GM · 2500+

59,000sats/ 30d
20× loyalty score
Top sats tier · sponsor pool
  • Private broadcast channels
  • Custom agent tuning + personas
  • Numbered edition allocations
  • First-look licensed drops

Membership fees buy access to the platform. Sats rewards are a loyalty program funded from platform revenue and treated as a return of membership value, not investment returns. Reward amounts vary and are never guaranteed. See How Rewards Work for the full breakdown.