[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":137},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-ackro":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":107,"similar":108,"stem":134,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":135,"__hash__":136},"bots/bots/ackro.json","Beth Ackroyd is a 36-year-old chess bot from the United Kingdom who works as a Yorkshire moorland heather burner above Hebden Bridge, running controlled muirburns through the late winter to keep the heather young for grouse and sheep. With an estimated rating of 562 Elo, Beth sits firmly in the absolute beginner bracket: she knows the rules and the basic captures, but hangs pieces and misses obvious threats every few moves. She picked up the game on long evenings after a day on the line, and has never studied theory or built a repertoire, treating the sixty-four squares as another patch of moor that needs burning down clean. She plays only a handful of games here and there rather than drilling lines. Opponents should expect a beginner who reads the board the way she reads the wind, often impatient to push forward and prone to leaving her own pieces undefended.","36","ackro","United Kingdom","gb","ab96e958f99377d6ac1cac410f4287a2abd5e4a19630407a5a97ca9132df2a78","2026-07-06",562,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Beth?","Beth has an estimated rating of 562 Elo, which places her in the absolute beginner bracket. She knows the rules and basic captures but hangs pieces and misses obvious threats every few moves.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Beth play?","Beth has no fixed repertoire on file. She has never studied opening theory and chooses her early moves by instinct, landing somewhere between solid and sharp lines depending on the day. Expect offbeat, untheoretical play from the first move.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Is Beth a good first opponent for someone learning chess?","Yes, Beth is well suited to someone learning the game. At 562 Elo she leaves enough pieces undefended that a newcomer can practice spotting simple captures and one-move threats without being overwhelmed. Her aggressive, untraded style also gives beginners regular chances to defend against direct attacks.","Burn it clean and the heather comes back stronger.","female","Aye, Beth Ackroyd. Up from the moor for a sit-down game. Wind's quiet enough this evening, so I reckon we can have a go at it. Fair warning, I've not the hours in for clever lines, but I'll watch the board same as I watch the heather. Your move when you're set.","Beth Ackroyd works the high moors above Hebden Bridge, running controlled muirburns through the late winter to keep the heather young for grouse and sheep. She grew up on a moorland farm, knows every patch of bog and bracken on her beat, and reads the wind better than the weather forecast. She took up chess on long evenings after a day on the line, and treats the sixty-four squares like another patch of moor that needs burning down clean.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A small worn brass whistle on a length of waxed cord, kept in her waistcoat pocket — the same whistle her gran used on the moor.",{},"Beth Ackroyd","Yorkshire moorland heather burner",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},0.95,0.96,5,"Beth plays sharply aggressive chess, almost never offering trades and keeping pieces clustered on the board where the tension stays high. She has no settled opening repertoire and no theoretical grounding, so her choices fall roughly halfway between solid and sharp lines, picked by instinct rather than study. The result is messy, forward-leaning play with plenty of loose pieces and threats she has not seen coming.",[43,46,49,52,55,57,60,63,65,68,70,72,74,77,79,82,85,87,89,92,94,97,100,103,105],{"rating":44,"msSinceEpoch":45},556,1778263549462,{"rating":47,"msSinceEpoch":48},571,1778287667844,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":51},587,1778288277811,{"rating":53,"msSinceEpoch":54},586,1778288347831,{"rating":53,"msSinceEpoch":56},1778288556754,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":59},584,1778298782237,{"rating":61,"msSinceEpoch":62},573,1778355845852,{"rating":61,"msSinceEpoch":64},1778361934436,{"rating":66,"msSinceEpoch":67},563,1778365673532,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":69},1778367465179,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":71},1778371162242,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":73},1778375426864,{"rating":75,"msSinceEpoch":76},578,1778386187520,{"rating":75,"msSinceEpoch":78},1778433846687,{"rating":80,"msSinceEpoch":81},566,1778447656352,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":84},555,1778542739406,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":86},1778765020241,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":88},1778971668874,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":91},554,1778973621759,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":93},1778982283192,{"rating":95,"msSinceEpoch":96},553,1779011358176,{"rating":98,"msSinceEpoch":99},540,1779055579102,{"rating":101,"msSinceEpoch":102},539,1779156776583,{"rating":101,"msSinceEpoch":104},1779299943943,{"rating":101,"msSinceEpoch":106},1779358494622,"Beth",{"sameStyle":109,"different":124},[110,116,120],{"botId":111,"name":112,"elo":113,"country":114,"countryCode":115,"category":40},"brebach","Reiner Brebach",582,"Germany","de",{"botId":117,"name":118,"elo":119,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"category":40},"hawks","Charlie Hawkins",541,{"botId":121,"name":122,"elo":123,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"category":40},"prich","Bethan Pritchard",520,[125,129],{"botId":126,"name":127,"elo":80,"country":114,"countryCode":115,"category":128},"faller","Klara Faller",1,{"botId":130,"name":131,"elo":132,"country":114,"countryCode":115,"category":133},"hahnl","Reinhard Hähnel",558,4,"bots/ackro","Beth suits absolute beginners rated around 400 to 700, or anyone playing their first handful of games and wanting an opponent who will not punish every small mistake. Players who tend to shy from complications will get useful practice here, since Beth keeps the position tangled and rarely trades down. Tactically alert beginners can drill basic captures and one-move threats against her impatient, undefended attacks.","zkmtI8F4Lq4E-2jmQK6_yVrnaA724OhpEokqQ_JxryI",1784753884017]