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Re: Help: gnu chess is too good...

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From: DJ Delorie
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:00
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> 	Is there any way ta all to make it not play so good? I'd like to 
> continue using it but....

I've got gnuchess on my system, and the players (from the net) were
constantly beating it.  Why?  It wasn't allowing itself any time to
think about the moves!  Once it starts, use the "clock" command to set
the time it allows itself to 0:01.  That lets it think about moves for
only one second, far too short to do any real damage to you.

There are also options to disable the hash (less moves checked per
unit time), disable book openings (no known good moves to rely on),
and disable "thinking on the player's time".  My system uses the book
but cannot think on the player's time (it's a web system, and it
doesn't *run* when the player is thinking), and allows you to set the
"think time".

DJ
dj@delorie.com
http://www.delorie.com/
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From: dj@delorie.mv.com (DJ Delorie)
Subject: Re: Help: gnu chess is too good...
Date: 1995/04/12
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