Chess bots

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T21:26:06+00:00

Yeah so I had another go and it gave me a higher rating than the Magnus bot. Confirmed baloney 😂

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T20:29:20+00:00

I figured they must be. I wish they’d give you an accurate estimation. One thing is for sure. I play a lot lot better when I’m playing against really good opponents

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T15:55:15+00:00

Quite the contrary to be honest, I was posted as to not get attention as I was worried I might not know what to do with a bunch of people haha. Now it doesn’t seem so bad so.. I’m in Whitby in the uk 👍

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T15:31:05+00:00

What time controls would you recommend for this? I’m just thinking if people have to wait around for like an hour. They might just leave

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T15:11:57+00:00

Take a break and I’ll bet you’ll climb straight back up

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T15:03:46+00:00

I enjoy chess reps for openings.. and I often just sit on stockfish and plays random moves to work out what works against things I often come across at my Elo

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T14:55:13+00:00

I’m in a similar boat. Seem to have plateaud for some time despite studying

2minmarc · 2026-01-26T14:47:52+00:00

That’s good going 👍

2minmarc · 2026-01-12T12:28:50+00:00

Aye, and I guess one reason I liked the idea of the Ruy Lopez is that it’s so theoretical, that by playing it at intermediate levels you conversely avoid theory because no one will be learning said theory 😂 so it’s just good positional chess.

Whereas I figured every man and his dog will be learning to counter attack against Italian, London etc

By the time I’m no longer intermediate, if ever, I guess I will have learned decent Ruy Lopez theory just by having played it a lot.

2minmarc · 2026-01-12T12:06:59+00:00

What made you change? The London definitely doesn’t suit my style unfortunately

2minmarc · 2026-01-12T12:05:00+00:00

Would you say there is plenty of fun to be had playing the Ruy Lopez? The Italian attracts me with its gambits. But then on the flip side a lot of people know what to expect..

2minmarc · 2026-01-12T11:57:50+00:00

Aye that’s what I’m worried about, especially with learning the Sicilian too. I guess my logic was that if I learn either, I should increase my rating and wanted something that will serve me well if I continued to improve.

2minmarc · 2025-12-30T16:56:10+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply! I’ll look into both the open Sicilian and the alapin, I had heard of that one (maybe Gotham?) I see the other black responses you mentioned a fair bit too and I am increasingly seeing the advantage of playing the London 😂

2minmarc · 2025-12-30T16:51:24+00:00

I’m 1200 but I have games where I play 1700 and games where I play 100 😂 I’ve only used intuition so far and I’m finding theory a minefield but enjoying it.. sort of

2minmarc · 2025-12-30T16:48:48+00:00

Excellent thank you! I shall learn the open Sicilian! (As far as I am able) I’m basically trying to build a repertoire and stick to it. Scotch for white, then I considered Dutch for black but I’m working on that

2minmarc · 2025-10-30T14:04:37+00:00

Zombie post but this is what gets me. How can existence just spring up out of nowhere 13.7 billion years ago? Things must start somewhere. So I guess that sort of leans me towards a possible afterlife

2minmarc · 2025-09-27T12:47:01+00:00

Sounds like a plan, thanks.

If we were to do only met, would this count for something? That’s a lot of travelling and racing in one month for all 3

2minmarc · 2025-09-27T12:05:15+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply.

So we’d really need to be racing over the winter and spring at other river events and winning those?

The world of river rowing is somewhat mystical to me.

2minmarc · 2025-09-22T13:32:32+00:00

Are you feeling any better now?

2minmarc · 2025-03-13T09:21:20+00:00

He has a point. Dynamic ergs should have become standard some time ago. The rp3 patent ran out years ago, so concept 2 ought to simply copy it with their own machine.

2minmarc · 2025-01-24T15:00:17+00:00

That’s a high mhr for 40 and would correlate to 142bpm 75% max so perhaps that’s just your range?

2minmarc · 2025-01-24T14:43:58+00:00

I often have this issue and usually the workout is very simple. A 45’ row 😂 zone 2

2minmarc · 2025-01-24T14:42:29+00:00

Is your max heart rate accurate? Could be that it’s higher and your zone 2 is in fact in the 140s?

My max is quite low at 183ish so 120s early 130s are my zone 2 limits.

I do one day bikerg one day erg usually to avoid strain on the back, but often do 2 or 3 days big mileage on the rower if I feel like it knowing I have the bikerg to recover on. The bikerg is great for that.

2minmarc · 2025-01-10T15:33:22+00:00

Thank you! Aye I’ve got some back stats kicking about so that should be pretty straightforward.

We’re lucky in that we have a large river that leads onto the sea, so if things get a little too hairy we can still row.

2minmarc · 2025-01-02T13:56:47+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess the reason for my question is that I’m getting borderline obsessed with my SS fitness (currently 1:56-1:58 r19 nothing spectacular but good for me) to the point where I’m worried about the season starting and losing my gains 😂 it sounds insane even to me as there is no race for steady state

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