Computer Easy

I know. Easy means easy. It is supposed to be that way. But it feels like computer opponent on live chess became way too easy on easy mode. Please look at my recent game. This is not being easy, computer plays suicidal chess. It's almost like making random legal moves. I know, chess.com wanted to offer something for all range of players, but this kind of chess game is not beneficial even for the beginners. It gives a false sense of victory. Besides making legal moves, this computer almost plays a random chess. 

I know, it really isn't a big deal at the end of the day. But a serious chess site like this can at least offer an easy computer strength which is not difficult to beat, but still makes sense. 

Here is a suggestion: could you tweak it's strength a little bit, so it can feel as playing chess? 

Thank you for the considiration

You dropped a pawn on the second move, by the way.

Hermes3, your record against computer easy is almost tied at 7-5, which is what you'd expect from two players of similar ratings. 

Here is one of your recent losses to computer easy:

Dropping your rook with 24...Rd2 is suicidal chess, 30...Qd5 is almost like a random legal move that you made.

I know, I can post more stupid mistakes I made, but it is not directly related to my chess rating. I have a condition that can force me to most stupid blunders under time pressure. But it is not productive.  If you go to my online chess games, you can also find games I won against 1800-1900 rating players. Those players will never lose against this computer. The reason of my game outcomes varies too greatly is not directly related to my chess knowledge, but to a different condition, specially when it comes to live chess.

I would enjoy if computer was playing easy but plain chess, instead of mimicking a mind  under a certain stress. Because then it is not beneficial to it's opponent.

Anyway, it is just a suggestion. Not a must. 

Thank you for the responses.

     I've been checking out the computer play on "Easy" lately.  In fact it seems odd to me in a way to be playing the computer program when this site is clearly geared towards playing chess against people and promoting socializing in a limited way.   The thing is I was curious.  So far I've played just 5-6 games against "Computer-1".  Kind of as an experiment. I blundered bad the first game and just resigned.  After that I determined that if I don't blunder, the computer will.  It has a tendency to want to eat pawns at the expense of actual pieces. Funny that.  Also I've noticed I have to watch myself for this curious tendency to move too fast when playing the computer.  It's something like an effect based on the computer moving nearly instantly. Maybe that happens to lots of people.  I have to gaurd myself against that.  Maybe that disipline is worth the whole amount of time spent.  Against normal people playing a proper long time game or no time, I don't get into that problem.  Others will move too fast usually before I do.

     I think that perhaps the whole idea is to have you play straight chess against a clearly flawed thinker at this level ( and not feel bad about it). You can win nearly every time if you play an average game.  But you still have to play soundly and can expect to lose if you make a serious blunder, or at least feel as if you ought to lose.  You're playing chess and you have to play reasonably.  I think that's the idea. As opposed to having a tremendous challenge with the game.

Derek J.

No, it's a blunder.

Pardon my ignorance, but how is the computer graded in its levels?  Are the only options easy and hard, or are there intermediate levels too?  And I saw that in the above game easy was rated as 1240.  Do all levels come with numerical values of this sort, to help the player gauge which one to select?

 Sometimes "Com-Easy" is less than that. Sometimes R-1150.  The thing is it's hard to get "Intermediate" to play.  I have yet to have a single game there.

To clear this up a bit...

The only difference between the "easy" computer and the "impossible" computer is the amount of time it is alloted per move. The code for analyzing the data is the same; it just looks at less variations unlike people, who have the ability to not "try" as hard against weaker opponents. So whether the computer's move leads to a queen loss or it's exactly what Rybka would do in that position is all luck... simply whether or not it has gotten to analyze a given line when the time is up.

I've noticed if you drop a bit of material, it tends to immediately pick up the pace and play strongly.  I've definitely messed around against the Medium computer, expecting another blunder to put me back on top and getting crushed as I should.

Knight to King-5:

I noticed that on medium level, the computer doesn't know certain checkmates.  Like with a King and Queen with an enemy pawn advancing.  There's just a permanent hole in the knowledge.  Doesn't even learn after a certain amount of negative tries.  It only knows what it knows.  That's it.  I was able to draw after skewer, and had to trade to nothing. Really I lost the game to a person there.  Also, yes the computer on "Medium" gets tougher after a big mistake.  Much tougher.  Still goes for pawns, just not quite as obsessively.  Defends awfully well at times.

Derek J.

Computer-HARD dropped two pieces in the opening. Heck.

Your right

Computer-easy is a good sparing partner for beginners!

wtf 

Chill zewkys, this post is 10 years ago

ik ik 

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