Practice Opponent: Real Player vs Computer

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littleC1
I have been mostly reading and playing matches against computer for the last month or so. I am beating ELO 1000 computer about 9 out of 10 (1 draw). This roughly puts my skill at 1350 (1384) according to this table

http://pradu.us/old/Nov27_2008/Buzz/elotable.html

My question is, do I get more (or less) value playing actual players vs computer with a known ELO? I realize that real people will probably have a lot more variation which could lead to a more intersting game, overall. However, my goal is to improve my game by working on a specific defense (Pirc) and working on techniques to set up and/or recognize winning trades.

I spend 3-4 hours a day playing tactic puzzles and play a few games every day to break the monotony. I have played about 200 ganes this month, since I have decided to pick the game back up after 25-30 years.
chickenwing202
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Dzindo07

Well do you plan to play real people or the ai forever. In the 1st case you'll want experience playing real people.Β 

This might be more useful: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-useful-is-it-to-play-chess-against-the-computer-to-improve

daxypoo
computers do not play like humans

especially at lower levels

but at the end of the day, i play people because i get more enjoyment out of it

playing comp does very little in terms of enjoyment

fwiw my coach told me flat out to minimize/avoid playing computer

it does very little to prepare against human opponents and my goal was to improve via otb classical games

littleC1
Thanks for the input guys