Computers are a great tool, especially when it comes to learning, and if you utilize them properly, well you can really up your chess game indeed! One of the ways you can utilize Chess AI is to analyze your moves, one by one, and develop stellar attacking strategies for your openings or defences, even at any position in the game or against any response by your opponents.
Yes, chess is very deep and in-depth, therefore, it requires a healthy dedication to learning, and that means learning to get so good that weaker Chess Bots cannot handle your game! If you can simply master 2 openings and 2 defences, you'll probably destroy most of your opponents with ease, and that's because you have taken the time to learn every move, every position, and know what moves to make and when, which makes all the difference truly!
No, it's not going to be easy, which is why we need computers to assist us in learning Chess, this is why I made the blog post "Chess for Beginners", so that you could learn about PGN files, Chess GUI Apps, and how learn Chess AI to do amazing things, like learn the best chess games (AI vs AI). It's a slow and long process, learning chess that is, but with enough time and focus, mastery is possible, and if that is your goal, then this blog post is for you!
One thing I love to do is utilize two Chess GUI apps, like Nibbler (AlphaZero Chess AI) and Tarrasch (Stockfish 16+), to play games against each other, and the more time you give each engine to make moves, the more stellar their moves get indeed! AlphaZero is much faster and better than Stockfish, because it utilizes a different type of AI to figure out moves, rather than using a database like Stockfish does, and the difference is quite huge indeed.
For this reason, I get multiple perspectives on any given position, and that's because I can choose an opening against both engines at once, to see how each chess engine handles the moves I make or how they play against the opening or even a defence as well. Once you can see what you can't see, by seeing what the chess engines do see, you'll really open up your understanding of the game, and THAT is the most critical part of learning chess, where your understanding of the game expands to the point where you can see different plans of attack and the better defensive moves to make.
One of the best ways to improve your game at an opening or defence is to make a PGN game of AI vs AI to see how chess AI does it, then play as many games as you can against AI, making mistakes, and saving those games to a database, this way you have every possible move you can make against an opening or defence, and how the different Chess AIs handle those moves. It's simply not enough to learn 2-4 variations of an opening or defence, you need to learn to handle every move your opponent can make against you, and you need to memorize it well. (Yes, it's that deep!)
You also need to know which openings are better, because many openings will usually end up in a loss if your opponent plays properly against it, and for this reason it's critical to learn opening theory, also how to delay openings to confuse your opponent. The Grand Masters have mastered forcing opponents to make moves to get a better position, they've mastered closed and open positions both, and many other tactics as well, which is what AI will essentially teach you as you study the games with AI.
Subtlety and strategy are critical, if your opponent can see your attack or you are using simple tactics, then your opponent can better defend against your attack or attack your defence with ease, and this is why learning openings and defences thoroughly is very critical to improving your game. Though it's very easy to cheat at chess with Chess GUI apps, I do NOT recommend using them for such against real live opponents online, and that's because you'll stain your reputation and become labeled as a cheater, and you'll probably get banned from websites when they analyze your games and find you are cheating. (e.g. Always making the best moves or playing at 90+% accuracy often.)
AI is utilized in many things in life, especially at games for money, like gambling, and computers can always help those who truly cheat, completely destroy those who do not. This is why you'll find that many players online cheat, they may do it subtlety, like using a GUI to make the best opening moves, and then play the game on their own once they have a great position, and I'll warn you that they'll probably get busted doing it too, because AI and Website Administrators can spot cheaters now.
Nobody is perfect, so if you start playing perfectly, that's a red flag, and cheaters never prosper, so learn the game the hard way, by actually playing against AI or live opponents to improve your skills, and learn where you make mistakes, there are even apps that specifically teach you chess. If you are truly serious about chess, then you'll take this blog post to heart, because using AI to learn chess is a MUST in today's computer age, and that's because you'll be miles behind those who do!
Not only can you utilize Chess AI to learn moves, improve your openings / defences, you'll also learn different strategies, and those are the most critical things to learn, because strategy is essentially what makes you better at chess. AlphaZero will teach you chess strategies that even Stockfish cannot deal with, I've seen it multiple times, the AI can enter this locked defensive position and then start making sacrifices that opens up a position for an awesome attack strategy.
It knows how to attack the center, go left or right, or utilize strategies to punish a weak defences, and this is what is so critical to take away from analyzing your games with chess AI, because without analysis, you're going to remain the same until you find "Why" you are losing. There is much more to learn about chess than just making pre-planned moves, you need to know when to attack, how to attack, and more importantly where to attack, because without these strategies in mind, you'll lag behind those who have these strategies that you do not.
Moreover, you'll need to up your game to a point that even Grand Masters cannot defeat you, until you reach this level, you aren't ready to move onto a new opening or defence, and mastery is truly what you should seek at chess, otherwise you are just wasting your time. Your time is valuable, so maximize it by utilizing the best tools at your disposal to learn chess, AI that is, and if you can learn to utilize it properly, then you will indeed improve your game more rapidly then those who do not.
I'd also highly recommend watching grand masters play, because every move counts in chess, and if you watch them enough, your game will improve much indeed. Watching AI vs AI games will truly blow your mind, trust me, it's mind bending how amazing AI is, and by observing AI games you'll literally open up your understanding of the game immensely, which is far more critical then just learning openings and defences.
Understanding is better than diamonds and gold my friends, it's the greatest treasure in life, and those who find it have wisdom which is the real gold in life, but with much wisdom comes sorrow! What I mean is, you can spend far too much time in life doing frivolous and unprofitable things, so don't just dedicate your time to understanding one game alone, Chess will help you apply what you learn to life as well, and I tell you this because understanding is seeing that "Everything is relative" indeed.
You can apply much from chess to life, I call it "3rd Level Chess", which is where you start seeing what is relative, and to give you a better example I'll explain it in a simple context. A queen is like a woman and pawns are like children, you would want to protect your woman and children correct? Do you now see how everything is relative?
Likewise, your knight is that person who fights for you in life, maybe it's your father or mother, but they fight to help you win, and everyone needs your attention, especially those fighting for you! I hope that this post has helped you see there are a lot of ways to learn, chess hopefully can expand your context and understanding on a different level, and with enough study of the game you might even be able to apply what you learn in real life, but that's entirely up to you.
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