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HAHA!! I came here looking for answers to the same problem. I use the app on my iPad and level 3 is fairly easy but 4 is kicking my tail. The only bright side is we're looking for answers instead of quitting or staying on the easy level.
Another shameless bump for these two beginners. What the best advice for guys like us? Books/articles/take two weeks off then quit????
Play against real people the same strength as yourself and slightly higher and you will gradually get better then you will be able to beat the 1000 rated computer.
I tried a couple games on computer level 4. It's not a total slouch. It doesn't just give away endless hanging pieces. You kind of have to know what you're doing overall. So here's my advice. Pick a historical master or two that plays the same openings as you. Play through their games to see what they do: their opening set ups; how they free and expand their game with pawn breaks and piece repositioning going forward from the opening. See how they flow through their middle game. Sometimes they might launch an attack. Or, they might spend several moves tightening and/or expanding their position with subtle improving moves. When you see moves that are mysterious, try to figure out why. Move the pieces around on your own, trying different variations. Don't spend too much time on a single game at first, just play through many games to get a vision of all these things. If you see something tactically interesting, try a few different moves. After you've analyzed a few moves on your own, if you can't figure something out, let your chess engine show you a move. After you've done this steadily for a couple months, you might read a chess strategy book like My System by Aaron Nimzowich. This will help verbalize the positions and concepts you've been seeing with your master game reviews. Playing through games of the 1930`s, 40`s and 50`s is real helpful, that's when chess was real creative over the board, not just computer analyses. Be sure to play over many, many games before reading a serious strategy book, then you will be familiar with the setups and standard maneuvers and it will make studying a book a lot easier. Hope this helps.
Especially playing against a weak computer, every move, you need to look over the computers position carefully and see if and where it has left a weakness. Maybe a backward pawn, or an undefended piece behind the lines that could be exploited, etc.
Thanks guys!!!
Hi everyone, this is my first post, I'm a complete newbie. I have an issue with the computer strenght when playing vs computer in chess.com. I find level 3 (800) totally easy. Even for me, a real amateur with little or no background it often looks completely random. On the other hand level four (1000) is deadly hard, and I never manage to get to a proper endgame before I'm torn to pieces. Is anyone experiencing the same issue? Do I have to tune this? Does it depend upon the device I'm using? Thanks for your help.