What's the difference between 1000 and 1800?

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cooldrool

I'm a new player and around 1000 elo here. when I play with the computer (in the android app) I never can beat the one at elo 1000. However I find little difference with the computer set at 1800 too, so how are they actually different? Also, when I play Houdini it always seems less aggressive than the ones here, although I lose in the end..

AyoDub

800

2000mushroom

there's an 800 rating difference...that should be a lot. Are you playing the same or different move against the two computers?

Sqod

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/whats-the-main-difference-between-a-1300-and-a-1800-player

sac_O_killer

accuracy of moves

cooldrool

Thank you everybody. And any tips on how to beat the computer at elo 1000? I mostly have the basics covered.. like castling quickly, centre control and quite good pawn structure. But in the middle game the computer always finds a favorable exchange or doesn't allow knight outposts etc..

imsighked2

Darn. Someone beat me to saying "800."

cooldrool

thanks for the detailed answer bb_gum ^^

cooldrool

thanks. I have sent you a friend request. maybe we can play sometime and get a tip or two . ^^

cooldrool

2000mushroom wrote:

there's an 800 rating difference...that should be a lot. Are you playing the same or different move against the two computers?

Can't play same. They play different openings. ^^ I very rarely give up pieces by careless mistakes, and most of the time I get hit in the middle game. From there the computer gets a slight advantage which it increases.

chessbeginner77

cooldrool wrote:

Thank you everybody. And any tips on how to beat the computer at elo 1000? I mostly have the basics covered.. like castling quickly, centre control and quite good pawn structure. But in the middle game the computer always finds a favorable exchange or doesn't allow knight outposts etc..

Try to play strange openings against it like the reti opening for white and the hippo defense for black.

I play chess against engines for fun and can win against most of them except the elo 2000+ ones.

Joker-Jamal

1800-1000=800(difference)strange that you can count!

beastmodeon314

Firstly, the apps have a limited set of variations (they don't have the processing power that PCs have).  

Secondly, at the 1000s, we make simple plans, and try to execute them while hoping our opponent falls for them (align queen and bishop towards h7 etc..), in which process, we damage our position. Computers can't plan like that (they try to slowly improve position with minimal damage on their own side). Since, its not allowed to play all perfect moves in 1800, I often see some stupid king move put in there which has 0 benefit. With higher rating, their probability of playing random moves is lowered little by little.

Even then, 1800 should be pretty hard for you to beat.

ProfessorProfesesen

Humans don't love me the way siri does :)

cooldrool

thanks people.. .:3

MuhammadAreez10

ProfessorProfesesen wrote:

Humans don't love me the way siri does :)

LOL!

Haggard-CC
AyoDub wrote:

800

came for this Laughing