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Subject: Re: what is best program for practicing against

Author: James Conda

Date: 12:02:57 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


               Leen,
                    Thank you very much.A nice program.Much appreciated.
>
>

>
>On December 26, 2005 at 05:48:58, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>
>>As an 1800 or so player, I would really like a program to play at a consistent
>>1800 level against me, in a way that an 1800 human would play. Fritz does not
>>seem to be so good at this. If you set it to play at 1800, it will play like a
>>1200 drunk until you start winning and then will play like a 2700 gm.
>>
>>What program would you folks recommend as a training partner? How is hiarcs? ( i
>>am looking for an excuse to buy , given hiarcs looks almost as strong as fritz
>>9)
>>
>>The key features are:
>>
>>It plays consistently at a certain level
>>Its moves and mistakes are like what you would see from an 1800 (or whatever
>>rated) human
>>
>>best
>>Joseph



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