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I have an older, out of date computer and it overheats so the processing power is weak but what would be the strongest available chess engine one could buy and where would I get it?
Jul 9, 2016
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Stockfish is free. Look for it on Google (I am on the mobile app, can not get you the link right now)
I have Stockfish for iPhone and even at maximum level it isn't very strong. I can't seem to download it for PC. Not familiar with the process
Jul 9, 2016
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Here's a rating list .You can google to download for free any of the engines that aren't in blue.
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/
Jul 9, 2016
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#5
Download the engine here: http://stockfishchess.org/download/
You'll also need a UCI-compatible chess program.
I don't know what UCI refers to or how to get the programs to work together. Need a Walkthrough
On that note, what is the strongest chess app? I can't tell much of a difference between maximum Carlsen app and maximum Stockfish
A) How would you know whether it wins or not? You're being pointlessly immature. B) I want a GM level engine. Weaker engines do definitely win as I am no titled player but I want the strongest chess game I can play against.
Thank you though.
Thank you though.
Jul 9, 2016
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i think the t34 had a great engine for its time , it certainly gave the wermacht a tough time
Jul 9, 2016
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#11
Fritz 13 is the strongest engine. But its expensive. You will find it on chessbase.com
Jul 9, 2016
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#12
mind you theres always howard of big bang theorys perpetul motion squad
but i sense you are on about a chess engine , if so why bother your brain is so much better
Jul 9, 2016
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#13
The engine is only part of the story. If you put stockfish on a 10 year old junker it will still be weaker than a slightly worse engine on a quad core 64 bit monster machine if you gave both the same amount of time to look at each position or game.
Depending on what you actually meant, you may need to either give your engine more time to think per move than the standard allotment, or look for a more efficient engine that can do more with fewer resources, or if you have more than 1 old pc you can even do like a beowulf if you can find a multi-threaded or multi-core aware engine and split it across the machines. Or if possible just by a 'new' computer, which could mean buying a used but better one. You can get a lot of phone software to work on computers with a little hackery, so you might try one of those since they have less cpu and ram than most computers. If its so old its worse than a phone, you have problems... you need to upgrade if at all possible.
in laymans terms...
the engine is a library or stand alone piece of software and they all speak a common language. The UI or GUI speaks this common language so it can send the human's moves (or current board position) to the engine and get back the next best move and turn that back into graphics. SO the two are seperate. You use whatever GUI you like the look of, and whatever engine you like, mix and match as you see fit. This process is documented on the sites where you can download the engines... its pretty much plug and play though, you download both, and inside the GUI you pick an engine from the ones you downloaded, and its done.
Jul 10, 2016
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DemonBulletGod wrote:
I used the link provided by EscherehcsE and just downloaded stockfish, but when I run it I just see a black window with some names and numbers. I don't see any chess board to make moves and play chess. This is all I see
Honestly, it looks like a scam.
What you're seeing is the engine running in console mode. To have it do more useful things, you'll have to get a GUI (graphical user interface) like Arena, Winboard, Scid, Scid vs. PC, Lucas Chess, or one of the commercial GUIs. Then you'll have to install the engine into the GUI.
Jul 10, 2016
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DemonBulletGod wrote:
I went to the Arena page and downloaded something, but I can't run the executable file. it simply doesn't open. I've tried to double click on it, I've tried to open it using the terminal, but nothing happens.
If anyone is going to help with your problem, you'll really need to supply a certain minimal level of detail. For example, what operating system does your computer use, and what was the exact file that you downloaded from the Arena site?
Jul 10, 2016
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DemonBulletGod wrote:
EscherehcsE wrote:
DemonBulletGod wrote:
I went to the Arena page and downloaded something, but I can't run the executable file. it simply doesn't open. I've tried to double click on it, I've tried to open it using the terminal, but nothing happens.
If anyone is going to help with your problem, you'll really need to supply a certain minimal level of detail. For example, what operating system does your computer use, and what was the exact file that you downloaded from the Arena site?
I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I downloaded the first program from this site-http://www.playwitharena.com/?Download:Arena_3.5 which says Arena 3.5 ZIP(17 MB).
OK, Arena is for Windows only, so if you're running Linux, you'd have to run Arena inside Wine. There may be certain applications that can run directly in Linux. I think two such GUIs are pychess and Xboard.
Operating systems aside, since you downloaded the zip file instead of the installer file, you'd have to unzip the zipped file with some kind of zip utility. For Windows, I like the free 7-Zip utility.
Jul 10, 2016
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#17
I haven't used Wine, but here's the Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28emulator%29
Jul 10, 2016
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#18
Oh, and I guess you should be able to install Wine using your Ubuntu package manager, although I'm not too familiar with it.
Jul 10, 2016
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Inexorable88 wrote:
I want a GM level engine. Weaker engines do definitely win as I am no titled player but I want the strongest chess game I can play against.
Thank you though.
Thank you though.
Stockfish is free and stronger than any human (dead or alive).
The only stronger engine on the market is Komodo, which can be purchased for download.
Both are over 3300 in strength. :-O
