Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 12:17:30 07/27/02
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On July 27, 2002 at 13:25:15, Stuzzi Kadent wrote: >I am returning to chess after a long absence. Being able to hold my own against >an old computer means I only become brutalised by my computer nowadays which >calculates hundreds of thousands of nodes per second. It is hard to get over the >humiliation of playing a computer trying to deliberately play badly. >What is your opinion on the usefulness of coaching or weak levels on computer >programs? Are there any that are of particular use in your experience? >I would seek a reasonably natural game, just not playing very well. No 4-ply >horizon etc. I have to say the feature list of Fritz 6 looks good after reading >the manual I downloaded, however we all know that Fritz is more on the level of >the professional, so would it really be more suitable for retraining someone of >low level better than Chessmaster for example. >Thankyou... Before putting money into this, I would recommend looking seriously at Arena (www.playwitharena.com) Then get a ton of free engines, and do not go for the strong ones (YACE, Crafty, SOS, ... there are many very very strong engines). Instead, try something like Delfi (which is strong, but can easily be set to play as low as 1300 ELO chess). Also, there are a lot of weaker (but still in the 1600 - 2200) range ... all free. The database features are lacking (in Arena at least - you can download other freeware such as SCID for a strong chess database program) but as a chess sparring partner and analysis partner, it is not too shabby! Roy
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