I'm a chess newbie and I am currently using lichens AI machine to train. Levels 1 and 2 were good to start off. Level 3 took me a while to beat. I am currently struggling with level 4. To beat level 3, I remember to start paying more attention in the opening. Although I've beaten level 4 a few times, most of the time, I get crushed.
What is important to pay attention to when playing AI level 4? What about levels 5, 6, 7 and 8?
What would be your major recommendations for subjects to study while training against level 4? What about the other levels?
Thank you very much for any help.
Level 1 may not be good to train with. I believe you can move your queen in front of its pawns and it won't take it. That's the weird part about engines I guess, plays strong sometimes but programmed to make mistakes humans wouldn't usually make.
Yes,
@kelvinwop , I’ve seen my little daughter doing that. But I’m passed levels 1 and 2, by now. Level 3, now, I can beat consistently, though I sometimes need to use some take backs. Level 3 seems to improve the openings. Level 4 seems to get even tougher openings and it is to me more difficult to exchange pieces, even when the material balance is preserved. Also, I feel that a bad move in the opening is severely punished. I frequently get crushed by AI 4 in my defense field with no space, with to do but to try do defend myself. Thanks a lot for your reply. If you have further comments to share I‘ll appreciate, specially concrete tips like important study topics for level 4 and above . Regards.
I've played a few against stockfish 4 and it seems that it plays very well in sharp tactical positions but if you can push it down into a terrible position then it'll randomly give you pieces. For this reason its probably not good to train against stockfish since it'll make you play waiting moves and wait for mistakes rather than pushing for initiative. But then I'm not exactly a good player so I could be wrong.
play humans not stockfish...
how theres no reason
I mean, the levels of stockfish <6 usually just make random blunders, and I've seen 6 and higher make a few positional mistakes. Stockfish is not best to play against, because sometimes it'll make really good moves, and sometimes it'll just hang their queen. I think you should just play humans tbh.
Yeah, the AI levels were set to try their best to imitate Stockfish by 'dampening' its effects. Obviously it is hard to be consistent and get the level of the AI to match a certain human rating. Especially when it may play like a 1000 in the opening but a 2000 in the endgame, the consistency just isn't there. Humans is the best way to practice, especially because you get a realistic sense of time management and you get to play people that are exactly your level and that you should have the capability to beat.
Stop playing with engines unless you dont care about getting better, its really not gonna help
If you really just wanna beat stockfish at level 4, play real humans (pretty counterintuitive)
Dear fellow wood pushers, thanks a lot for the comments.
@aahankoul ,
@Developmentals ,
@Dugbug ,
@kelvinwop ,
@The_Meme_Guy ,
@vivaaniyer 🙏
I’ve played a few against stock fish AI level 6. It’s not easy. Almost all the time I arrive in the endgame with material disadvantage. I would like to beat it. Is it feasible or is it only for grandmaster strength players?
I plan to play more humans than I do now. I am investing time playing the machines because I believed I could improve faster, since I am just a newbie. (Not even addressing the problem of cheaters). When I play humans, I usually blunder, so I need to improve my consistency.
Regards
