Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:44:29 07/07/98
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On July 07, 1998 at 16:51:54, Harald Faber wrote: >On July 07, 1998 at 13:55:02, vincent dichiacchio wrote: > > >>When I started playing chess on the PC I had a 386. I had Grandmaster and >>Chessmaster. I could play competitively, but usually lost. My next computer >>will probably be faster than a Pentium II 400. At 1 second per move, the 400 >>will be equivalent to about 3 min per move on the 386. That doesnt give me much >>of chance, especially if I want to play speed games. >> >>I humbly request that future chess programs allow time controls <1 sec per move >>so average players like me can have the satisfaction of kicking their butts once >>in a while. Sure, I can win by playing against weak modes, but its not as fun. >>Vince > >There are other possibilities. Try reducing the program's strength by reducing >the programs ELO IE. the ones I have seen don't work very well. IE a dumb program on a PII/450 is still a tactical monster and will punish most beginner-level players even if you set all the eval terms == 0.000. And "choosing an Elo rating" is really a joke, when the programs estimate their ratings at 2500+ in almost every case...
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