Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
An engine for beginners?
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Re: An engine for beginners?
Probably Chessmaster would be best for beginners. You can lower the rating down to 1elo in the personality section.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
A 1000elo is pretty weak with Chessmaster.
Also Chessmaster has a lot of training exercises for beginners and a kids section.
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Re: An engine for beginners?
OV,
I use Chess Titans that comes with Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium OS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Titans
It plays at the 1400 elo level. It doubles as an indicator of sleep deprivation. You will lose to it if you are very sleep deprived.
Tj
I use Chess Titans that comes with Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium OS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Titans
It plays at the 1400 elo level. It doubles as an indicator of sleep deprivation. You will lose to it if you are very sleep deprived.
Tj
kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
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Re: An engine for beginners?
i think many on this forum believe Rybka would meet your needs.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
sorry,just a bit of fun on my part.
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Re: An engine for beginners?
You're actually right: Rybka doesn't play like a 2600... but more like a 3200 ^^NATIONAL12 wrote:i think many on this forum believe Rybka would meet your needs.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
sorry,just a bit of fun on my part.
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The previous versions of my Engine, Prédateur, were worth about 1500 Elo. An interesting challenge for any woodpusher in its way to mastery. I suggest you download for instance Prédateur 0.1.5 on my website (click on the "www" button under my post). Don't try yet the latest version, as it's around 2000 Elo.
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Re: An engine for beginners?
You can set the ELO option of Rybka to 1200 and it will be reasonably weak.NATIONAL12 wrote:i think many on this forum believe Rybka would meet your needs.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
sorry,just a bit of fun on my part.
But nothing can surpass Chessmaster at ability to play intentionally bad chess
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Re: An engine for beginners?
That's one reason i don't care for Chessmaster and some of the othermuxecoid wrote:You can set the ELO option of Rybka to 1200 and it will be reasonably weak.NATIONAL12 wrote:i think many on this forum believe Rybka would meet your needs.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
sorry,just a bit of fun on my part.
But nothing can surpass Chessmaster at ability to play intentionally bad chess
ones that you can set to play at a low rating. You can see the bad
moves and that sort of messes up the game for me. I prefer to play
strong engines and - a Rook or Knight. They still play strong and make
good moves. You also have a good chance of beating them in the end
game.
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Re: An engine for beginners?
Regarding the Chessmaster personalities, there are some that blunder their way to a 1000-1400 rating, and others play more "human-like". In that rating range, I would say that the following personalities play "reasonable chess" (from weakest to strongest).Terry McCracken wrote:Probably Chessmaster would be best for beginners. You can lower the rating down to 1elo in the personality section.kaissa wrote:Hello,
I need a chess engine that will play so weak that a beginner should have a chance once in a while. It should not play like 2600 for some time and then drop a rook. I need it to play at 1000-1400 all the way. Any chance?
Thanks for your time,
A 1000elo is pretty weak with Chessmaster.
Also Chessmaster has a lot of training exercises for beginners and a kids section.
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Re: An engine for beginners?
CM is probably the best at playing down to yr level. not dropping a rook etc. it's also a steal, the latest version can be had for prob 10 bucks. u get great tutorials, great personalities, & a very strong tactical engine.