user1081: I've been playing a lot against an old build of Chess Free on Android the other day and noted that the AI almost always chooses the safest course of play, boringly eeking out positional advantages. If you play at its pace and react to it your games are dull. However I've got a feeling that if I play this type of game but avoid exchanges I can fashion opportunities via a series of sacrifices and exchanges that it seemingly hasn't considered. I'm guessing the computational cut-off (60 seconds in this case) prevents the AI from considering these sacrifices once the complexity of all pieces being developed arises.
Are there any other ways of abusing the fact that most chess AI's just brute force and typically go with the "safest" line? 

user1084: 
Playing an unusual opening can reduce the depth of the searches made by the computer in the middle and end game in a timed match.
If you avoid exchanging off pieces unnecessarily then the computer has to do larger searches which will be to a shorter depth.
Think about sacrifices that might benefit you if the computer accepts them and doesn't search that branch far enough to see what your plan really is. Be careful with this though as some computers will continue to search all branches.
Against better computers, the computer will be using your move time to think about it's reply so the longer you take to decide on your move then the longer the computer has had to calculate the best reply.
Unless your end game is excellent, avoid end games whenever possible as Chess computers can do extremely large searches in the end game.
Avoid repetition of moves as this allows computers which use transition tables to save a lot of time as they can move instantly when they already have the position and best moves to play stored in a transition table.

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user813: Five ideas in my head to win against AI's chess:

trying to play unusual openings
better knowing theory than AI for several openings
trying to play avant-gardist positions (sacrifices and planning move in advance)
analyzing games of AI to determine the way it plays
trying to know how AI has been programmed

You have tips here and interesting information there.

user363: The computer is very good with tactics and bad with strategy. There is little change to outsmart a computer in tactics. So try

closed strategic positions
exchange queens early
seek the end game


1081: <p>I've been playing a lot against an old build of Chess Free on Android the other day and noted that the AI almost always chooses the safest course of play, boringly eeking out positional advantages. If you play at its pace and react to it your games are dull. However I've got a feeling that if I play this type of game but avoid exchanges I can fashion opportunities via a series of sacrifices and exchanges that it seemingly hasn't considered. I'm guessing the computational cut-off (60 seconds in this case) prevents the AI from considering these sacrifices once the complexity of all pieces being developed arises.</p>

<p>Are there any other ways of abusing the fact that most chess AI's just brute force and typically go with the "safest" line? </p>
 1084: <ol>
<li><p>Playing an unusual opening can reduce the depth of the searches made by the computer in the middle and end game in a timed match.</p></li>
<li><p>If you avoid exchanging off pieces unnecessarily then the computer has to do larger searches which will be to a shorter depth.</p></li>
<li><p>Think about sacrifices that might benefit you if the computer accepts them and doesn't search that branch far enough to see what your plan really is. Be careful with this though as some computers will continue to search all branches.</p></li>
<li><p>Against better computers, the computer will be using your move time to think about it's reply so the longer you take to decide on your move then the longer the computer has had to calculate the best reply.</p></li>
<li><p>Unless your end game is excellent, avoid end games whenever possible as Chess computers can do extremely large searches in the end game.</p></li>
<li><p>Avoid repetition of moves as this allows computers which use transition tables to save a lot of time as they can move instantly when they already have the position and best moves to play stored in a transition table.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Found here: <a href="http://www.becomeawordgameexpert.com/computers.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.becomeawordgameexpert.com/computers.htm</a></p>
 813: <p>Five ideas in my head to win against AI's chess:</p>

<ul>
<li>trying to play unusual openings</li>
<li>better knowing theory than AI for several openings</li>
<li>trying to play avant-gardist positions (sacrifices and planning move in advance)</li>
<li>analyzing games of AI to determine the way it plays</li>
<li>trying to know how AI has been programmed</li>
</ul>

<p>You have tips <a href="http://www.becomeawordgameexpert.com/computers.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> and interesting information <a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1298" rel="nofollow">there</a>.</p>
 363: <p>The computer is very good with tactics and bad with strategy. There is little change to outsmart a computer in tactics. So try</p>

<ul>
<li>closed strategic positions</li>
<li>exchange queens early</li>
<li>seek the end game</li>
</ul>
