Re: Changing GNU Chess's rating? (non-gnu.chess question)

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From: Simon Waters
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:10

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John wrote:
> Great, thanks Simon for addressing my question.
>
> If I can't get GNU's skill level to where I want it -- is there an
> internet chess server where I can play against a computer opponent of
> variable skill level, in an untimed game.

Have you tried giving the machine a big time handicap, like 60 seconds
for 100 moves and don't let it think in your time.

xboard -tc 1 -mps 100 -fcp "gnuchess --xboard --easy"

(Winboard should be similar).

Might still be too strong. If your flag falls the game should continue fine.

Not sure on chess servers most are interactive, but I enjoy using
www.freechess.org, and you sometimes see nextgnu playing, when there is
code to test for the next release of GNU Chess.
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From: Simon Waters <Simon@wretched.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Changing GNU Chess's rating? (non-gnu.chess question)
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