scottk74 wrote:
clearly not wrote by a chess player of any kind.all good chess players know you have to play people your own level plus players below your level to work on winning technique.dont get me wrong playing people smarter then you will help but if you played some one better then you 100 times losing all the games and they never helped you get better you would stop playing chess.
I agree. I've NEVER played someone smarter than me. Maybe better at chess, but certainally not smarter.
But, on a serious note. When I choose opponents, I set the rating range from -50 to +500 or so.
I find people close to my own rating quite adequate for me to develop winning techniques.
I always enjoyed this chess scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWj7oWlVtag