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Stefan Fredriksson wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 13:58:04 -0600, PMG <avoga@Chicagonet.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >--
> >That's what they all say,
> >they all say d'oh... --Chief Wiggum
> 
> Just thought I'd might add that if you are willing to do some reading,
> you could use crafty and change its settings to play really low.
> Crafty works great in winboard/xboard.
> 
> Its not done in 5 minutes but its not really THAT difficult to do it.
> Just takes abit of reading and tweaking.
> 
> --
> /Stefan
> mcriley@telia.com
> UIN 218871

Or even Phalanx has some easy adjustments that can be done in it's
command line parameter.  Here's some examples from my winboard.ini file:

\"Phalanx -t8960 -r900\" /fd=d:\\Phalx22
\"Phalanx -e50 -r600\" /fd=d:\\Phalx22
\"Phalanx -e75 -r500\" /fd=d:\\Phalx22

The 1st line has Phalanx playing at full strength, the next 2 lines are
at reduced strength.  The higher the number is after "-e" the weaker
Phalanx will play.  Numbers from 0-100, I have not tried it at -e100, so
I don't actually know if that would make it easy enough for a rank
beginner or not.

Crafty has got to be the overall best Winboard engine, but it's not easy
to get set up.  You need to download several separate files at the
Crafty ftp site, so be aware of that if you decide to use Crafty. 
Running at full strength, Crafty will beat your average Grandmaster on a
regular basis, it's a very good engine.

Pete

--
That's what they all say,
they all say d'oh... --Chief Wiggum