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- From: kgowen@cie.uoregon.edu (Kevin Gowen)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: Computer-readable games & compositions & dumbing down CM3000
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 04:26:56 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange
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- References: <1992Dec30.224935.16381@rchland.ibm.com>
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- Keywords: computer notation
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- In article <1992Dec30.224935.16381@rchland.ibm.com> lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com writes:
- >I am a "woodpusher", second class. Never been rated, but would probably come out
- >between USCF 1400 and 1600 based on my informal games with rated players.
- >
- >I love composed problems and good games, though. Even though the FAQ looks
- >down on it a bit, I bought CM3000 because it is available and because I have
- >a 486/20 to run it on. So far, it seems plenty strong for me.
- >
- >...[stuff deleted]
- >
- >PS, how does one "dumb down" a typical chess program so that it plays at a known
- >rating? I'd love to downgrade CM3000 down to about a 1500 level so I could
- >have a fairer chance of competing.
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- I own CM3000 and I dumb it down by restricting it's time allowed to search.
- Unlike other chess programs, when you give it, say, 10 seconds to move, it
- will take 10 seconds and not one second more. It also is not picky about
- your time, so you can take as long as you want. Of course you can't dumb
- it down to a specific rating, but you can certainly experiment with it until
- you're comfortable with its level of play.
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- CM3000 has it's own dumb-down feature called "Vision" which you can limit
- by a little graphical slide switch, but I have heard that this feature
- doesn't work all that well.
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- > Larry W. Loen | My Opinions are decidedly my own, so please
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- -kevin
- kgowen@cie.uoregon.edu
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