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Gnuchess Level Setting?

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From: wanker
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 00:00
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I'm using Gnuchess version 4.0 on a DEC Alpha running OSF/1 
(I built GnuChess on this system), and was wondering if there
was a change of level bug?  I ask this because no matter what
I set the level to, the program seems to play just as strongly.

I used the level command within Gnuchess and then set the
time increment to many different settings, including 0, 1,
1:0, etc...  I checked on the help screen and saw that
Level was set to 0, and I also set easy to ON and even
random to ON along with a search depth of 1, and it still
does not seem to play any easier!

I did in fact read the documentation, but unfortunately
I found it to be of little help.  It is very badly written
and I just ended up getting confused (the only documentation
available was a man page).

So is this a bug, or is there a different way I should set
the playing level?  If this is a bug is there a patch
or alternate Gnuchess version I can download?

My email address is bogus, so please post any answers in
this group (it may also prove helpfull for others new
to Gnuchess).

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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From: wanker@exploited.barmy.army
Subject: Gnuchess Level Setting?
Date: 1997/12/05
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