Bots
Play chess against bots that play like people
Most computer opponents either crush you or play nonsense. These look only as far ahead as a real player at their rating, make the same kind of mistakes, and think at a human pace.
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You have White. Make your first move.
Personalities
- Echo (adaptive): Adapts to you. Every game is a close fight.
- Blaze (1300): All-out attacker. Sacrifices first, asks questions later.
- Grandma Rosa (1100): Patient grinder. Trades down and wins the endgame.
- Gambit Gus (900): A showman. Throws pawns at you from move one.
The rating ladder
- Rookie Theo (400): Just learned castling. Expect some surprises.
- Casual Maya (800): Plays for fun and occasionally finds a tactic.
- Club Regular Sam (1000): Solid fundamentals, comfortable in the opening.
- Tactical Priya (1200): Watches for tactics and punishes loose moves.
- Sharp Idris (1600): Strong club player. Rarely blunders.
Why they feel human
- Depth by rating: from 1 ply at 400 to 6 ply at 1600.
- Real mistakes by rating: 5% of moves at 400, 0.8% at 1600.
- A human opening book: beginners really do play the early queen sortie, and sometimes fall for Scholar's Mate.
- Human pace: quick on obvious moves, longer when several moves are close.