Just for fun I put it up against Little ChessPartner on this site and so far LCP is whooping it 10-0 on Hard(LCP) vs lvl 10(CT).
Chess Titan Windows Vista ????
Does anyone knows what are the ratings for the differents levels with Chess Titans on Windows Vista???
I actually play in level 8 or 9 (9 always beat me), and I would like to know with what kind of rating I am playing with this program

I would say that level 10 is roughly 1800, level 8 ~ 1650, level 6 ~ 1500.
MAYBE. Hard to tell because in the games I played, the standard varied a lot, and it was a while ago.

I would say that level 10 is roughly 1800, level 8 ~ 1650, level 6 ~ 1500.
MAYBE. Hard to tell because in the games I played, the standard varied a lot, and it was a while ago.
No way, not a chance. With no offense meant to anyone, level 10 is 1200 at the strongest. You can horizon it at 3 moves, it has no idea how to play any types of positions, and its only strength is not hanging pieces - it's just flat out terrible.
Might I point out that a 1200 does not have the strength of not hanging pieces?

I'd say level 10 is probably somewhere between RD and vowles_23's estimates. 1200s do not have much positional understanding AT ALL and do still hang pieces from time to time, but 1800s are strong players. I'd put level 10 somewhere near 1350-1400.

Just tested it out again, it played the Sicilian Najdorf and then shuffled all its pieces around aimlessly whilst I ripped open its kingside and mated it. All on autopilot. It didn't make any silly moves, but it didn't try any sort of counter-attack lol.

Just tested it out again, it played the Sicilian Najdorf and then shuffled all its pieces around aimlessly whilst I ripped open its kingside and mated it. All on autopilot. It didn't make any silly moves, but it didn't try any sort of counter-attack lol.
Really? Well played in that case :P
Yes I admit that my previous estimate was a bit high. My rating OTB is ACF 1600 and I can beat it, so that makes sense.
But I do think that it is difficult to put a rating on it, for the main reason that it doesn't play as the rating group into which you classify it would.
A low rating = bad tactics and positional play, where the computer only has bad positional play, it rarely hangs pieces at a higher setting.
A high rating = good tactics and positional play, but it doesn't fit this either.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Its the same reason I don't like playing against computers. Just feels unnatural - no human player would play the way it plays.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Its the same reason I don't like playing against computers. Just feels unnatural - no human player would play the way it plays.
Yup, I think Garry Kasparov was of the same opinion after losing his first game to Deep Blue, the computer played some very unusual moves that no human would have been able to calculate successfully for a win.
Does anyone knows what are the ratings for the differents levels with Chess Titans on Windows Vista???
I actually play in level 8 or 9 (9 always beat me), and I would like to know with what kind of rating I am playing with this program