On Sep 15, 12:48 pm, Sanny wrote:


Samsloan has just arrived at GetClub Chess. He played 2 games both
with Easy Level. And win both games. Is he a good player?

Yes, he is a good player. You need to focus on beating
weak players consistently; these strong players are all
booked up and you may beat them on occasion, but just
get the chess program at a reasonable level at tactics
and you will see the most improvement in results.


Can he be on top at GetClub Chess?

Um, no. Only nomorechess can do that; or maybe
Taylor Zebediah Kingston if he works very hard.

You see, Mr. Sloan doesn't realize it, but he plays
very bad moves in the opening; and since the
opening is going to be a part of *every* game, that
hurts him, except against weak players where the
bizarre positions put them on their own quickly.


He beat Easy level in just 24 moves in first game.

The number of moves can tell you how "sharply"
they play, but it is only the result which speaks to
strength. Think about it: if you were to fight a tiger
with a knife, you would probably lose *very quickly*;
but if you were to fight old age, you would lose every
time, even though it would be a long, slow struggle.

So, which gives you the better odds? I say fight the
tiger with the knife; try to wrest the knife from him
and then use it to slit his throat from behind (you
should know that fighting a tiger from any other
position can be *very* risky!).



And the other game he took 50 Moves to win.

His game looks better than that of other players. Is he using
Computer?

Maybe he was in better form, or maybe he is taking
the games more seriously, carefully considering his
every move. If he is using another chess program (it
makes little difference which one), yours will lose
horribly in nearly every game. Of course, yours is a
Java applet while a normal chess program is running
much, much faster.


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