(04-22-2020, 11:53 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote:

(04-22-2020, 12:40 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: You're obviously a very good player.  Let me know how high you can get your rating.

Ha, thanks but I'm not so sure about that. The rated bots are definitely harder then the computer games I was playing. Kinda struggling with a 1300 bot. Had him dead to rights twice, and he managed work out of it both times.

Haha.  You'll get the hang of it.  I think you're a better player than I am, and I eventually got the hang of playing the bots in the 1300 range.   

The way I usually beat them is to get a pawn or two up on them and trade down to the end game.  The bots are usually terrible at end games for some reason.   With a rook and 6 pawns vs a rook and 5 or 6 pawns I can win 9 out of 10 times.   Where I fail is in the openings.  If I'm not resigning by move #12, I have a good chance.

Sometimes the bots will seem to malfunction and just throw away pieces.  This is an actual game I played as black against a bot rated 1305 at the time.  My move.  R-R8.  

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