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@DonTomaso Yes, sure, I would expect improvements, I just didn't expect this sudden jump in rating. Over time, of course, I would hope I'm getting better. It just feels like during my first 280 hours …

Okay, so I play mostly Bullet games. It's not very good for getting better at chess, I know, but I just find it fun. Now, I've had a rating of around 1300 since last year. At one point I managed to re…

So here's one idea. The engine evaluation could be used for giving numerical information as a form of clues for chess puzzles, specifically in how many moves there's a checkmate. So for instance, you …

@ericmsd I appreciate it! The preliminary proposal needs to be submitted next week, so I gladly accept any help and input I can get.

@ericmsd Yeah, I think that would be one way of doing it, having them do a certain amount of puzzles to start with just to get a fairly stable rating. Basically the same way that is done here on liche…

@ericmsd As long as you measure the rating of each participant and have puzzles that adapt according to your rating level, this isn't a problem. You can account for rating differences in the statistic…

@pepellou That's an interesting approach! I haven't really thought about it before, but the engine evaluation really is a perfect numerical way of describing a chess position. I still need to work out…

Hi all, I'm designing a hypothetical psychology experiment for a PhD grant, and I could use some input from you guys. So, the general research question has to do with how we process verbal information…