I thought I would open this up to the masses, so I have two challenges for you. I estimate that this is suitable for chess players rated <1900 lichess, <1700 chess.com or <1500 FIDE.
(Fixed debate, spent about 10 minutes.) I might have a unique difficulty here, but I’m 1900 on chess.com and am finding this quite difficult even though I did move some pieces. Though I didn’t replay the complicated line they’re arguing about since there’s no way I could visualize that in my head with more time.
I would play Qxb5 because white gets doubled pawns, black’s position looks very solid, and if white puts the knight on d4 and black takes, then white also has another isolated pawn which probably isn’t too dangerous. It looks bad for white to me. I also feel like AI A’s first response is pretty weak. Ok, the black knight no longer attacks the now-b pawn, but that doesn’t seem super relevant to me. The protected passed pawn of black seems like the much bigger factor.
But the remaining debate isn’t all that helpful, since like I said I can’t follow the complex line in my head, and also because I’m very skeptical that the line even matters. The position doesn’t seem nearly concrete enough to narrow it down to one line. If I were AI B, I would spend my arguments differently.
Thank you for the informative response. I probably should have looked for a less complex position. Also it sounds like I need to work on my salesman pitch!
I had the same problem. You are almost certainly a stronger player than me, but after a couple moves, I can’t really analyze the lines suggested. Hell, I missed qC5 as a candidate move. What am I missing on move 3?
(Fixed debate, spent about 10 minutes.) I might have a unique difficulty here, but I’m 1900 on chess.com and am finding this quite difficult even though I did move some pieces. Though I didn’t replay the complicated line they’re arguing about since there’s no way I could visualize that in my head with more time.
I would play Qxb5 because white gets doubled pawns, black’s position looks very solid, and if white puts the knight on d4 and black takes, then white also has another isolated pawn which probably isn’t too dangerous. It looks bad for white to me. I also feel like AI A’s first response is pretty weak. Ok, the black knight no longer attacks the now-b pawn, but that doesn’t seem super relevant to me. The protected passed pawn of black seems like the much bigger factor.
But the remaining debate isn’t all that helpful, since like I said I can’t follow the complex line in my head, and also because I’m very skeptical that the line even matters. The position doesn’t seem nearly concrete enough to narrow it down to one line. If I were AI B, I would spend my arguments differently.
Thank you for the informative response. I probably should have looked for a less complex position. Also it sounds like I need to work on my salesman pitch!
Will reveal the better move in good time.
I had the same problem. You are almost certainly a stronger player than me, but after a couple moves, I can’t really analyze the lines suggested. Hell, I missed qC5 as a candidate move. What am I missing on move 3?