I hate Elena! The dry faced computer bit
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I have no idea how to beat her, even when I manage to get the upper hand she pulls some sort of love sequence off or traps me and I’m done. No other not up to this level has really given me trouble. Any pointers?
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "01/07/2021 01:10pm"]
[FEN rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1]
[White "fearinwaves"]
[Black "Elena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "724"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[Termination "Elena wins by Checkmate"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.Qe2 Nd4 6.Qd3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Ne6 8.d3 a5 9.Bd2 Nxg5 10.Bxg5 Be6 11.Qb5+ c6 12.Qa4 b5 13.Qa3 Bxa3 14.Nxa3 Rg8 15.O-O a4 16.c4 Rb8 17.b3 b4 18.Nc2 h6 19.Be3 axb3 20.axb3 Qxd3 21.Rfc1 Rf8 22.Ne1 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Kd7 24.Ra7+ Kc8 25.Nd3 g6 26.Rf1 Ne8 27.Nxe5 Nd6 28.Nxc6 Rb6 29.Ne7+ Kd8 30.Nc6+ Rxc6 31.Ra8+ Rc8 32.Ra4 Rg8 33.Rxb4 Kc7 34.c5 Nb7 35.c6 Nc5 36.Rxf7+ Bxf7 37.e5 Be8 38.Rc4 Ne6 39.h4 Ng7 40.g3 Nf5 41.b4 Rf8 42.b5 Kb8 43.Rb4 Nxg3 44.c7+ Rxc7 45.b6 Rc2 46.Rb1 Rff2 47.e6 Rg2# {0-1}
Sorry I’m trying to do this on a phone and it’s not working is it 😤😤😤
Jan 7, 2021
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#6
The answer is simple - just as when playing a human you are hanging pieces!
Jan 7, 2021
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#7
At your level castle as soon as possible. Also play a bit more quietly early on. For example 4. 0-0 would have been better than 4. Ng5.
At this level play smooth by gettting your pieces out, castling and be ready to pounce on the bot's blunders.
I’ll see if I can stop being poor then, but even when I’m thinking about everything eventually the workload becomes too much and I screw up
Jan 7, 2021
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#9
You shouldnt be overloaded against the bot because there is no time controls. Take 5 minutes a move if you have to. Speed chess is something you become better at after you've mastered slow chess.
Before each move go peice by peice. Both yours and theirs and ask what is the danger.
The idea is to pick what's called a candidate move. One you pick a move you think works, it becomes I take, they take, I take they take.
It will come with practice.
Thanks! I’ve just beaten her so obviously something is working 🤔 have you guys got a particular standard thought process you go through when doing moves? A mental checklist?
Jan 8, 2021
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#11
My mental checklist is fairly simple, but for beginners it works well.
1) Are my pieces safe? Am I about to make a move that will lose a piece for one of lesser value?
2) My opponent has plans too. Why did he just move there? Is he attacking something? Did he, for instance, put a rook behind his knight so that when the knight moves my queen is attacked? (Looking even two moves ahead like this will immensely improve your game).
3) Is my move going to improve my position in any way? Will I gain space or make a threat or set up a checkmating position or restrict the movement of his pieces?
4) Have I developed all my pieces before moving the queen all over the place?
5) Did he just make a mistake, or is he planning something?
I like this video for a checklist.
That’s great, thanks guys! 🙏
I have the same problem with her. She doesn't play like 1200 ELO, because I can beat Maria, which a bot that has the same ELO with Elena. Her moves are better, I think she's somewhere in 1400~1500.
I did it guys!
Jan 28, 2023
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#18
I always do the Queen and rook checkmate or rook checkmate in order to win the game.