Author: Tom Jones
Date: 14:37:46 09/14/98
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On September 14, 1998 at 08:51:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 13, 1998 at 15:23:25, Tom Jones wrote: > >>I am just learning to play chess (only a year or so) and I am running Crafty in >>WinBoard--which can beat the pants off of me. :-) Does anyone have suggestions >>on how to set Crafty to a weaker playing position within WinBoard. > > >At present, there is no really good way to do this... but you do have a couple >of options. > >1. in the crafty.rc file, add "ponder=off" (no quotes) to stop crafty from >thinking while you are trying to decide on your move. This effectively slows >it down significantly and reduces its strength. > >2. set the time control you want within winboard, but in the crafty.rc file >add a "st=n" command where n is the seconds/move (you can go all the way down >to st=.01 to take 1/100th of a second per move, max). This can be used to >give yourself a time handicap... Thanks :-) I appreciate the help. Tom
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