Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:02:47 07/09/98
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On July 07, 1998 at 17:44:29, Robert Hyatt 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... Maybe not all programs really reduce their strength as they show and should but there are programs able to do so. At least Fritz does well enough.
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