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Caitlin Stanton wrote:
> 
> I've just installed Winboard 4.07/GNU Chess 5 for my 8 year old daughter who
> is just starting to play chess. Is there a way to make the program play at
> an easier level while she's learning? There are various options regarding
> ply etc within gnuchess, but how do I use them from Winboard?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Richard Stanton

That program is a little bit tough for an 8 year old just starting to
play.  Winboard is better suited for you.  You might want to consider
getting her some commercial software Like Chessmaster 6000 (7000 is too
buggy)  Winboard is more geared for you.  But if you look at Tim's
Winboard page in the "engines" section, there are some other programs to
select from, some are stronger than GNUchess, some are weaker, maybe
Pierre and Raffaela will show her the most mercy.

For a nice program for weak players, go to Uncle Jari's homepage and
download a copy of the program Nero http://www.math.jyu.fi/~huikari/  I
think I'd recommend downloading Nero 2 instead of the more recent one, 
Nero 2 is probably the easiest one to set up to play easy.

Also, Rebel Decade can be setup to play easy games
http://www.rebel.nl/decdown.htm

But all & all, Winboard is a program for you, not for your daughter yet.

Pete

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