A list of bots to beat, or get some winning streak, or setup some winning endgame positions to win against strong bots, or play classical theory up to a certain move against these bots etc.. these kind of challenges would be a huge benefit to the site, and to the players.
@heroku said in #1:
> these kind of challenges would be a huge benefit to the site, and to the players.
How so?
I'm not saying there isn't a good answer to this question. But if you want your idea implemented, you need to convincingly answer this question just to have a hope. Simply stating it will be the bestest since sliced peanut butter on a string isn't usually enough, even if it may seem obvious to you.
Also worth thinking through and addressing the potential downsides to encouraging people to play bots (potentially instead of humans).
> these kind of challenges would be a huge benefit to the site, and to the players.
How so?
I'm not saying there isn't a good answer to this question. But if you want your idea implemented, you need to convincingly answer this question just to have a hope. Simply stating it will be the bestest since sliced peanut butter on a string isn't usually enough, even if it may seem obvious to you.
Also worth thinking through and addressing the potential downsides to encouraging people to play bots (potentially instead of humans).
There is a very good reason to play against bots, that is you don't get away with your blunders, because they don't go unpunished. Seems like, a good way to improve, and learn the best strategy, to me.
And there is a long list of bots I can't keep track of, meant to be played against Lichess users. I have a bot running forever, which almost nobody plays. Putting concrete challenges will put these bots to good use and might actually be a fun thing to work towards and improve your play.
The only incentive is the mere rating system which we all know is meaningless. And trophies which nobody can get at my level unless you are titled. There is an attempt at this for beginner level education tab, but that's pretty useless for serious players who are looking for extra challenges.
And there is a long list of bots I can't keep track of, meant to be played against Lichess users. I have a bot running forever, which almost nobody plays. Putting concrete challenges will put these bots to good use and might actually be a fun thing to work towards and improve your play.
The only incentive is the mere rating system which we all know is meaningless. And trophies which nobody can get at my level unless you are titled. There is an attempt at this for beginner level education tab, but that's pretty useless for serious players who are looking for extra challenges.
@heroku said in #3:
> There is a very good reason to play against bots, that is you don't get away with your blunders, because they don't go unpunished. Seems like, a good way to improve, and learn the best strategy, to me.
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> And there is a long list of bots I can't keep track of, meant to be played against Lichess users. I have a bot running forever, which almost nobody plays. Putting concrete challenges will put these bots to good use and might actually be a fun thing to work towards and improve your play.
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> The only incentive is the mere rating system which we all know is meaningless. And trophies which nobody can get at my level unless you are titled. There is an attempt at this for beginner level education tab, but that's pretty useless for serious players who are looking for extra challenges.
There are some good bots to play against, and if you want strong ones as a human player, you can try @ReinforcementTrial as it runs 24/7... Theres also @RaspFish and @ToromBot, which run almost 24/7 too, but judging by your rating of around 1800, maybe try @maia9, @admete_bot, or @expositor..
> or setup some winning endgame positions to win against strong bots
For this you can try @ResoluteBot, which runs on a Threadripper 3990X, and can play from position in casual...
You can also find more bots in this team: lichess.org/team/leaderboard-of-bots
> There is a very good reason to play against bots, that is you don't get away with your blunders, because they don't go unpunished. Seems like, a good way to improve, and learn the best strategy, to me.
>
> And there is a long list of bots I can't keep track of, meant to be played against Lichess users. I have a bot running forever, which almost nobody plays. Putting concrete challenges will put these bots to good use and might actually be a fun thing to work towards and improve your play.
>
> The only incentive is the mere rating system which we all know is meaningless. And trophies which nobody can get at my level unless you are titled. There is an attempt at this for beginner level education tab, but that's pretty useless for serious players who are looking for extra challenges.
There are some good bots to play against, and if you want strong ones as a human player, you can try @ReinforcementTrial as it runs 24/7... Theres also @RaspFish and @ToromBot, which run almost 24/7 too, but judging by your rating of around 1800, maybe try @maia9, @admete_bot, or @expositor..
> or setup some winning endgame positions to win against strong bots
For this you can try @ResoluteBot, which runs on a Threadripper 3990X, and can play from position in casual...
You can also find more bots in this team: lichess.org/team/leaderboard-of-bots
@MentalFugues said in #2:
> it will be the bestest since sliced peanut butter on a string
That made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
> it will be the bestest since sliced peanut butter on a string
That made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
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