-
Cathleen R posted an update
I tried the stonewall against a bot and it just gets me into a mess. The bots don’t play the norm I guess. Very frustrating. The bot is Hans at 1000 supposedly.
7 Comments-
The bot always pushes the pawn from c5 to c4 attacking my white bishop. This bot also doesn’t castle. I’ll keep watching and learning, but this opening seems to get my pieces stuck. I hate playing bots but isn’t that a good way to practice?
-
I like to practice new openings against bots as typically they will play something (not necessarily good) that will cause me to to have to figure out the position as opposed to just playing memorized moves. Different “1000” bots will respond to the same opening differently.
As far as the white bishop goes, are you remembering to advance your c pawn when they play c5 to give the bishop an escape square.
Best of luck.
-
Thanks! I’m watching for that now. I’ve never played this opening and playing the bot does Mahe me think. Thanks for reminding me of that move!
-
Hi Cathleen, I would check out the recorded group Q/A calls as some of these questions have been asked before and I show how to handle some of these situations. Let me know if that helps!
-
Thanks Nelson, I’ll look those up.
-
-
I used to win a little and got up to 405. I’m a beginner, but was at least advancing. Now I just get my butt kicked all over the place. I hate it. Some players do a normal opening but some are so aggressive and wipe everything out before I can even develop my pieces. I don’t know how to fix this. I watch all the stuff and it all makes sense until I’m in a game. Sheesh….so discouraging 🙁
-
@cathleenrackleygmail-com It’s a tough game, no places to hide….I think it is like boxing in that way. Making mistakes is natural when you are learning something and making mistakes in chess, often results in losing. Kind of comes with the territory. I do know exactly how you feel.
-
-