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Subject: Re: what is best program for practicing against

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 06:20:49 12/26/05

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On December 26, 2005 at 06:25:25, Leen Ammeraal wrote:

>You may try Queen (http://home.planet.nl/~ammeraal/)
>and set the computer's thinking time very low, say, 1s per move.
>If desired, you can then increase Queen's strength simply
>by increasing the thinking time (using Options | Time control...).
>The user's thinking time is unlimited.
>Leen Ammeraal
>
Hi Leen,

What is the absolute lowest thinking time that is recognized? Can you set it
less that a second, and if so, which decimal notation "." or "," does it
recognize?

I have used the queen gui for practice. And I have recommended to a lot of other
club players and beginners. Everyone has been happy with it.

Recommendations when using it:

Set the thinking time very low if you are a weak player. You still get unlimited
time to think.

You should also set the resign factor to about 20000 when practicing end game
positions so you can practice making the check mate. Otherwise Queen resigns
assuming you can make the check mate.

-Norm



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