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Re: changing difficulty

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From: Simon Waters
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:28
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KarlJ wrote:
> Is it possible to change difficulty using winboard? 
> I am assuming I would have to change the depth that gnu chess 5 looks
> at before it moves.
> Is this possible?

You can weaken it's play by giving it very short time controls on the
Winboard command line. Make sure gnuches5.exe starts with "--easy" (if
the version has it) otherwise it will think when you are thinking.

You can also ask "winboard" to pass "depth 1" on a reset.

However don't be too disillusioned if it still beats you with these
settings, on modern computers chess programs play incredibly well even
at short time controls.

A 'less good mode' is top of the ToDo list, after the ever present bug
fixes. However producing a human like "badness" that isn't just plain
awful is surprisingy hard.

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