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Subject: Re: Power chess and other adjustable engines

Author: Art Basham

Date: 06:01:21 11/07/02

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On November 07, 2002 at 08:03:21, David Terry wrote:

>Recently I saw some messages about power chess so I borrowed it from a friend.
>I have had a terrible time getting it to run on my win98 machine (I did apply
>the patch).  I'm lucky if I can get it to run for five minutes without locking
>up.  Does anyone know of a good workaround to get this program running?
>
>One thing I like about it is it play very well to my level.  It plays pretty
>tough but also makes "useful" mistakes.  That is to say that the mistake takes
>some level of thinking to take advantage of rather than just sacrificing a piece
>for no reason as I have seen many engines do at low level.  I was wondering if
>anyone knows of other engines that are able to adjust to a players level over
>time rather than the user just setting the engine to a weak level.  I know Fritz
>does this, any others?
>
>thanks!
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Hi..
Have you tried EXTREME CHESS?
That is lots of fun...
you can set the elo rating down to as easy as you want...
and it still plays a pretty good game..!



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