Often I recommend playing against computers as a way of improving your chess. I suggest starting at a low level and then keep moving up every time you win at that level. Putting this into practice, I am facing of against a series of online bots , normally as I lie awake in bed in the morning. Of course it does get more challenging the higher you go, and I now often lose (or draw) a sequence of games before winning. But it does help when the bot plays into an opening you are familiar with.
Following on from yesterdays choice, I decided to select another win from the 'older' brigade. IM Gary Lane had a pretty convincing win over FM Kai Jie Soo. Possibly Gary was better prepared, as he once wrote a book called "Beating the French" although in that volume, the Advance Variation was recommended, rather than the Tarrasch
No idea who is going to win this event at this stage, but when I can I will share a game of interest. For round 1, it is a nice win by GM Daryl Johansen over strong Queensland player Benjamin Leong.
