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Subject: Best options for you

Author: Pedro Gomes

Date: 10:19:03 12/06/04

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On December 05, 2004 at 22:27:23, D.B. Morris wrote:

>Does anyone know of a program that wouldn't be too overwhelming for someone just
>learning the game?  I'm thinking more in terms of a free engine I could pass
>along, rather than a commercial one.
>Thanks.
>dbm

Hi,

Best options for you are:

1. Ufim 5.02

"The strength rating of Ufim 5.02 is about 2300 Elo points.
 You can weaken Ufim using the "weak" parameter in the configuration file.
 In UCI mode you can set any Elo rating in the range 700..2000 for weakening."


2. Phalanx XXII

with COMMAND LINE OPTION

 -e <easy level 0...100>                       default: 0 (best play)
       1 is the hardest and 100 is the easiest easy level. Phalanx tries to
       emulate human-like blunders, the higher the number the more blunders it
       plays. It also adds more randomness with the easy levels, repeating
       games should be impossible. Easy levels set hashtable size to zero,
       pondering and learning to off. Phalanx responds almost immediatelly to
       opponent's move. Node count is used instead of the time, so appropriate
       levels should give the same strength even on different machines
       (e.g. 486 == Pentium-III).

3. Crafty SE, a version modified by Michael Byrne


If you want more informations e-mail me.

PG



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