I think the bots on this site (at least the lower rated ones) are programmed to make mistakes. I have trouble beating a computer even at the "easy" setting, but I can beat some of the bots here (Catspurrov is probably the highest rated bot I managed to beat after losing a few times). It seems to me that, like humans rated about my level, the bots make mistakes.
Why are the bots easier to beat than real players?
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tetrahedronx7 wrote:
But I can't beat them.
I do not know if I am qualified to give advice (seeing that I have very low skill in chess), but I think you need to check if you are hanging a piece before you move. Also check if your opponent is hanging a piece after he moves.
Pretty much that's how I play as I do not really know any theory and if my opponent does not make an obvious mistake, I usually lose.
[apologies for hoofing an old thread but this had been on my mind since I only ever really play against the bots, usually for a few minutes now & then when I'm on an underground train with no internet access].
The bots obviously don't play exactly like human players, being, relative to their ratings, disproportionately weak in some facets of the game, and disproportionately strong in others.
But my instinct is that the bots' ratings are about right for blitz chess [e.g. 3-5 minute chess.com games], maybe especially towards the faster end of that range. The bots' ratings are too low against a player who's limiting himself to bullet timescales, and too high against a player who's taking a decent amount of time.