Playing the bots

What about GothamChess?

Maybe @ChessPawn921 means the GothamChess bot in the streamers group (3rd row, center). It's rated 2500, so I won't be trying that one out for a while if ever.

Still can't get through the 1600 bots unscathed.  But I did finally beat Lorenzo (1800) today.  Game review said I had 1 mistake and 5 blunders, though  -- ouch! (accuracy was 80.8) .   I did play Noam a few times last week (2200) and got slaughtered every time.

yeah, then he has a point. i'm just very exact.

How do I beat Fundy? I did beat Antonio.

can you show me your game?

Also, do you have unlimited review for games against the computer even if you don't have a premium?

Update: I just beat Isabel by following your advice @prthjet, which left me up a Knight in the endgame, so I was able to Queen a Pawn, and then another, and then got a ladder mate. Thx for the help

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ChessPawn921:   Do you mean the Lorenzo game?   It wasn't very good, but here it is.  Yes, gold members get unlimited reviews!

Having trouble beating Isabel the last couple of days -- I have won with white and black but never in a row. I went back and played the 1500 bots again and got a 6-0 run.   Tomorrow I will tackle the 1600's again.    I made the 6 games public in a library if you are interested in seeing me stumble but win against the 1500 bots (Antonio, Wendy and Pierre):

https://www.chess.com/c/hD1qdcCn

Bye pal

I assume you mean, "slow your role kiddo, he's a GM. I wouldn't be rushing that far, it can damage your chess skills. Just do little by little, that's how you make real progress," right? I assure you that it is both good advice and does work.

When I first picked up chess again, I wanted to get better fast and I got absolutely wrecked playing bots and humans who were waaay better than I was. I got really frustrated and learned nothing. I took some time off, read a couple of books, and started again, this time playing low-level bots exclusively and trying to play consistently, trying the same opening over and over until I really understood what I was trying to do. If I can't beat a bot three times in a row as white and three times in a row as black, I keep playing that bot and I try to read up on mistakes I keep making or the opening that I'm using poorly or whatever. I have many dozens of games against bots under my belt now, and I'm only at Laura (1100) -- but the chess I'm playing is so much better than when I was trying to square up against highly-rated bots and humans. Slow and steady. "Just do little by little, that's how you make real progress," is very good advice, my Lord Farter. It does work.

I just went and played Laura.  Unfortunately, she blundered her queen by move 14 or so and wasn't that competitive in the game.  That happens to me sometimes (ha, ha).   The review said that I had 4 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes and 0 blunders for an accuracy rating of 82.4 while Laura was rated 72.9

How can playing Danya hurt your chess?

I just think you could learn something, but I might be wrong. Plz tell me how

I take your point

Oh, I know that feeling all right, but at a lower level. I just beat Laura but it was uuugly. Not a satisfying win at all. I actually saved the analysis to look at when I have a bit more time this evening because holy mackerel did I mess up a lot. I won only because she played worse than I did and was able to beat her in the even uglier endgame.

For me, that's how I know where I've overreached. If I can regularly beat the bot cleanly with no blunders and few mistakes then I should move on. If I can only beat the bot by flailing around and hoping it messes up more than I do, I'm not ready to move on. Relying on your opponent to mess up is not a sound strategy. This evening I'll go back and play a couple games against Azeez, study the clownshow that was my Laura game, and decide if I want to play her again. 

TimmyCorkery:  Good points all.   I like to keep an eye on the accuracy rating from the game review.   I know it is not a perfect measure of performance, but if I can keep the accuracy above 80, then I know that at least I did OK.   Anything above 85 is good and anything above 90 and then I probably played a very good game.   Of course, if your opponent blunders early than it is easier to get a higher accuracy score.

Plus the more games I play in a row, my accuracy always seems to degrade.

Do you guys have trouble doing end games with bots????