I played against the checkers bot at level 1 many times and keep losing. When I try checkers on any free-to-play app, I can win.
Maybe the level 1 AI is too strong? I know I’m not the best Checkers player, but even the Chess bot at AI level 1 won’t beat you. It avoids winning.
Update: I can beat Level 1 often now but it still seems too smart for the lowest level bot
It builds character. I’ve been playing the level 6 bot and i’m finally able to identify moves that I’m losing to. By tomorrow I should be able to beat it all together. Keep trying and you’ll eventually get it.
Haha I know I will (I looked up some basic strategy and played some bots on my phone, and won ) but wondering if my kids will.
Just saying the lowest level bot seems stronger than most other low level Checkers bots I’ve played and wonder if Level 1 should be slightly weaker so little kids can win without much study.
I’ve never played checkers before (but I did watch a YouTube video two nights ago) and I played my first game against level 1 and I won, but maybe it was a fluke. as another point of reference, I’m basically a total beginner at chess and the level 1 chess AI on the board is still a bit tricky for me, so I was surprised that I beat the level 1 checkers on my first try.
If playing without forced jumps - leave your back rank in place as long as possible. Kind of a cheap strategy but super effective.
If playing forced jump, piercing a kinging path for several pieces before your opponent does it first, usually wins. It is not always easy to do though.
The Ai is very good at tactics in level 6, but poor on long term strategy.
Thanks Jeff! I noticed that when it gets to the end game, the bot at Level 1 does make a lot of nonsensical moves (as expected) but it’s during the first part of the game, I found it made some moves that showed more intelligence than I thought it would expect.
I’ve been able to beat it quite a few times now, though I imagine it’s going to be tough for a very young player, I’d expect level 1 to use practically random moves with no future moves planned
I played another game against the level 1 AI (on the newest patch) and it savagely beat me into the ground in a way that was embarrassing if any had witnessed, that first win must have been a total fluke. Just want to offset my shameless brag from earlier.
Haha thanks for the update. I practiced and I’ve been able to win a few times now against Level 1 BUT more than half the time it still destroys me
I feel like Level 1, you should be able to win by chance.
With the chess bots, I couldn’t get the bot to beat me, it goes for stalemate and not checkmate. Not sure if the checkers level 1 bot could be programmed the same sort of way.