Engines that play "human-like" chess?

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quadriplegic_leprechaun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I seem to recall that last year there was an engine that was greatly
> hyped, which claimed it played a very human-like (though not extremely
> strong) game.
>
> Does anybody recall the name of the engine, or where it can be found?
> Also, does it work with the fritz interface, or some other?
>
> Thanks,
> Quad
>

Rebel

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On 3 May 2005 21:25:11 GMT, CeeBee wrote:

> "quadriplegic_leprechaun" <quadriplegic_leprechaun@ukonline.co.uk>
> wrote in rec.games.chess.computer:
>
>> I seem to recall that last year there was an engine that was
>> greatly hyped, which claimed it played a very human-like (though
>> not extremely strong) game.
>>
>> Does anybody recall the name of the engine, or where it can be
>> found? Also, does it work with the fritz interface, or some
>> other?
>
>
>
> http://members.home.nl/matador/prodeo.htm

Yes, now known as Pro Deo and FREE!, thanks Ed!
--
Chet Marino

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quadriplegic_leprechaun wrote:
> Thanks, I will try the engine out.
>
> Are there any other engines which play a very human-like game? I am not
> interested in having a very strong elo, just a fun and challenging game.
>

Delfi is another you might be interested in.

http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/

"Delfi is a Winboard chess engine, designed to emulate the human chess
play. Delfi was written to achieve a good positional play (example: it
cares about good and bad bishops) but currently it's much stronger at
tactics."

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On 4 May 2005 02:03:59 -0700, "quadriplegic_leprechaun"
<quadriplegic_leprechaun@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

>Thanks, I will try the engine out.
>
>Are there any other engines which play a very human-like game? I am not
>interested in having a very strong elo, just a fun and challenging game.


Chess System Tal

HIARCS 9

MChess Pro 8.0

Gothmog

just to mention a few

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On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:12:01 GMT, me <me@localhost.localdomain> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 May 2005 23:10:22 -0700, SW wrote:
>
>> On 4 May 2005 02:03:59 -0700, "quadriplegic_leprechaun"
>> <quadriplegic_leprechaun@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks, I will try the engine out.
>>>
>>>Are there any other engines which play a very human-like game? I am not
>>>interested in having a very strong elo, just a fun and challenging game.
>>
>>
>> Chess System Tal
>>
>> HIARCS 9
>>
>> MChess Pro 8.0
>>
>> Gothmog
>>
>> just to mention a few
>
>I use ChessMaster 10k, I like the way you can change the way it plays.

yes, that is a good 1 too