Your opinion about "Dr. Wolf" app?
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I've stumbled upon interesting, comics-like, rudimentary AI chess app, namely "Dr. Wolf". Fictional coach gives verbal estimation of the moves from past games, e.t., mistakes and they are repeated, for better memory retain, etc...
What would people at range 1000 - 1250 elo and others, who had experience with this app would tell about it? Could one who just once peaked 1238 elo at rapid, see some benefits from this app?
Okay, for a start you do realise the "Dr Wolf" app is in partnership with Chess.com? So that gives it major credibility.
All I can tell you from using the app for just over a month now, that it has been teaching me how I have played BADLY for around 43 years (I'm 53)!
I was taught how to play by my father when I was around 10, but despite trying different chess computers over the years, and reading books, I never progressed much further than the basics. I would lose games easily because I would make silly mistakes. But also, I had listened too much to my father (as almost any child would) and was always trying to follow his style of play.
Last year I decided enough was enough, and I gave up on playing chess. I fell out of love with playing, because I never saw any improvement. I gave away almost all my chess books, etc. I would occasionally still do chess problems, but wouldn't actually play a proper game.
Then a month or so ago, I came across the Dr Wolf app and thought I'd give it a go, and it was like a revelation, it showed me what I was doing wrong. So much so that I paid for a subscription.
Okay, I am still not that great yet, but that's because I am practically "re-learning" how to play. But I see what I did wrong in the past, and I find Dr Wolf's comments and guidance immensely useful. I am now back in love with chess, and as well as playing as often as I can, I watch videos on YouTube to see how the world's top GMs from any era play. And whereas I used to try and do this when I was younger, but just felt their games were beyond my comprehension, now I understand what they are doing - and even (very very occasionally) guess their next move.
Just remember though, it's aimed at beginners and intermediate players. One of the designers put in a reddit post about four years ago that it's for "from 0 up to 1300-1500 chess.com blitz rating."
nik1111 wrote:
Thank you immensely! Blitz is rated lower than rapid so 1300 - 1500 blitz could relate to even more of rapid. I will change my mind now, being on the verge of buying "retro" old dedicated chess computer to excercise where nobody sees my lost games. If decide and considering your personal experience, I'll probably will, to buy subscription, I would like to use my little magnetic chess board to follow moves. Thank you so much for sharing your personal experience and offical elo estimation toward which elo range application is geared.
P.S.: Your story is so simmilar to mine. I was taught by my aunt (25y. younger) than my uncle when I was 5 or 9. Rules of the game, from that moment and on, remained engraved into my mind. I were merilesly crushed by my parents and grandfather, so I paused until get to all those "Commodore 64" chesses. I had tape not disk and just once someone borrowed me catridge with "Colossus 4". Not just that "Colossus" was strong for me but "Sargon", too... The final "not for me phaze" continued and continued until I found my first regular job and that "stability" somehow translated to the game...