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Subject: Re: How to beat Junior6a

Author: James Robertson

Date: 20:26:27 02/23/00

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On February 23, 2000 at 22:04:04, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

> Dear CCC,
>
>I accidentally found an easy way to slow Junior 6a down by a factor of 100.
>Before you start Junior 6  just start Winboard and let it run in the background
>with the autoplay on.  You can beat Junior just by letting it run out of time.
>Do this a few times and then clear out of Windows 95/98 on a restart or reboot
>and then play Junior 6 unfettered.  You will see an astronomical difference.
>This would be a good level for a kid just starting out in chess.
>
>Instead of 14 ply searches Junior will only do 5 to 8 ply searches.  Not very
>brilliant, but it still plays a fair game.  When you have a bad headache or are
>drunk use the Winboard in the background technique to give you an additional
>handicap.
>
>Hiccup,
>
>
>Tim Frohlick

And ff you want to play a Winboard engine at an easy level, just start Junior in
the background. :)

James



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