Now that I have established a baseline of my performance with the bots, my planned next step is to begin playing against human players. While I plan to return to the bots for a weekly baseline, I will also begin… Continue Reading →

In addition to my games against bots, I have been completing daily chess puzzles, and participating in chess lessons provided by chess.com. Below is a graph that shows my improvement in chess puzzles across the past several weeks:

In my third week, I decided to face off against both a 1000 ELO bot, and a 1500 ELO bot. Against the 1000 ELO bot, I was able to win with substantially greater accuracy than my earlier games: I was… Continue Reading →

In my second week, after setting a baseline, I decided to set my sights a little bit lower. Therefore, I faced off against an 1000 ELO bot: This resulted in my first win! It seems I’m not completely hopeless!

I wanted to start my journey with establishing a baseline. Therefore, I played two games against a 1500 ELO bot. In these analyses, my “accuracy” refers to my tendency to pick the move that the computer believes is the best…. Continue Reading →