Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 10:54:44 11/21/03
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On November 21, 2003 at 11:32:35, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On November 21, 2003 at 10:04:55, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On November 21, 2003 at 09:16:21, Daniel Clausen wrote: >> >>>Maybe Faile (http://faile.sourceforge.net/) would be something? I think it is >>>somewhere between TSCP and GNUchess. >> >>Faile is not very strong, and probably has great pedagocical value for >>beginners (the source code is very clear and readable). The problem is >>that it (like most small and simple programs) suffers from a certain >>lack of personality which makes it boring to play against. This is a >>highly subjective opinion, of course. >> >>I occasionally use Faile as a sparring partner, but it is not among my >>favorites. >> >>Tord > > >Interesting observation. I just hope it was not interpreted as criticism of Faile. The source code of Faile is remarkably clean and elegant, and I think open-source programs like this are very valuable to the computer chess community, even if they are not the most interesting to play against. Human-like play often comes at the prize of ugly and complicated code. >Then, by all means, get Fortress by Alessandro >Damiani. An intelligent bitbased program with attack tables, suffers probably >from perhaps too _much_ personality:-) You'll like it a lot, I am positive. I >do, all humans do. It plays like a human, pulls tricks like a human, errs like a >human. Fortresss is not the strongest of programs, but it does have what you >want: character and distinct personality. Thanks you very much for the suggestion! I am totally unfamiliar with Fortress, but will certainly give it a try after this recommendation. Tord
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