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But you should try it if you want to know in what way it's different. Weakening a strong chess engine is usually a difficult thing to do and it introduces randomness and makes your playing experience …

Well, I wrote this program, and the source code may be made available later, when it stabilizes and gets brushed up a bit. Checking files for viruses with virustotal is a common practice and I have no…

Hi, if you are interested, here's a link to a moderate-level chess engine that is suitable for beginners. It's style of play reminds somewhat of a human opponent and it has limited look ahead, so a dr…

On the computer analysis tab the icon now looks like a ghost masquerading as an old radio set. I understand that this is a way to scare off people from overloading the server by requesting too much an…

v64, you answered my question in great detail, thank you.

rj1997, thanks for the explanation, but my question is about the reverse situation. When allowed moves for a king are listed, there are no moves to squares which are attacked by your opponent's pieces…

Hi all, I have a rather unusual question regarding checks. When a move is probed for king check, no such testing for opponent is needed. In a position like this: 8/1k6/8/1p6/8/3K4/8/1R6 w - - white ca…

Hmm.. This line was shown in the analysis. Rc2?! pretty much equalized the game. Ra4! it would be a breakthrough for white.

Thanks, LM Assios, that's a good reader, but from what claymore said I was able to conclude that the required changes to the code are not so complex. The internal analysis is one thing, but the visual…

Three-fold repetition did not happen in that game. Two-times repetition is not enough to set evaluation to 0.0 or maybe I am missing something?