Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 11:36:33 01/16/99
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On January 16, 1999 at 14:23:10, John Coffey wrote: >I think that programs would benefit from playing different levels on the >internet and looking at the ratings obtained there. > >With recent programs there has been too much emphasis on using ratings >as a method of determining the level of difficulty. This is a good >marketing feature, but programs have shown an inability to predict >ratings with any accuracy. > >I think that some programs should consider going back to having >"levels of difficulty." These should start at such a easy setting >that any player, no matter how bad, could find an equal opponent. For >example, level 1 might only look at 30 possibilities. Level 2 might >look at 60. Level 3 would look at 120 and it would continue to increase >like this with each increase in level. This idea would make for a very >interesting chess program. > >John Coffey I think not. If you want a weak chess engine then go buy a chess engine which is weaker. Nowadays all the top 10 chess engines in the SSDF plays at GM strength and I can not see why would anyone want to buy a chess engine which plays at amateur strength. So the best solution for you either to give up chess or start studying the books and improve your game. Come now, people buy strong chess engine rated at GM to help them in chess analysis, and if you happen to get one of the top 10 chess engines, and cannot beat them, so the problem is you not the engine.
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