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> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm having problems with GNU chess. I got the latest version and patch
> level (gnuchess-4.0.pl74), and have installed it to a local bin and lib
> directory (~linh/bin and ~linh/lib).  I performed "make," "make
> gnuchess.data," and "make install" on a SunOS 4.1.3 platform.
> 
> There are two problems.  When I run "gnuchessn," I can play the game,
> but the computer is way too easy to beat.  I've turned off easy mode
> and tried to increase the depth, but the computer still makes really
> stupid moves.  Secondly, I can't seem to get gnuchessx to display any
> graphics (even though my DISPLAY variable is set)--there are no error
> messages.  I've read the FAQ and the various INSTALL and README files
> to no avail.
> 

If you could perhaps post a couple of games where the computer make
bad errors, play weakly, it would certainly help to pinpoint the 
problem.  The CL* list game files would be useful as they can show
how deep the computer is thinking (perhaps a heavily loaded machine).
I really don't believe that gnuchess is weak, as my version running
on ICS is currently sporting a rating of 2500+ blitz and has even
beaten CG3.0 a couple of times.

To use the graphics interface, you need to get and install Xboard.
This is available from many places, e.g. prep.ai.mit.edu.  Xboard
is the interface which understand the gnuchessx output.  I'll
update the docs to mention use of gnuchessx and xboard.

Regards.

-- 
Chua Kong Sian   <kongsian@nsrc.nus.sg>
National Supercomputing Research Centre
Singapore