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Hello, everybody!
I am using gnome-chess to play chess. There are three options - easy, normal, hard (level) - with either stockfish or gnuchess engine.
I used to play the normal level. Lately started to play the hard level. It seems to me there is a difference between the gnuchess and stockfish difficulty.
Anyone knows what those levels actually mean? And what's the difference (if any) between the two engines at hard level?
Thank you!
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Looking at CCRL (https://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/index.html), SF is at 3500+ Elo, while Gnuchess is around 2800 Elo. So that might give you an idea about the strength difference. Gnuchess is very far down the list of top engines, and not even in the top 100...
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Thank you, Morn!
I would like to install Deep Shredder but cannot see it in the repos/aur. What is a good alternative?
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Ethereal and Lc0 are in the AUR, those are worth a look I think. You probably need a decent graphics card to run Lc0 though. Lc0 is considered to be better at positional chess where traditional engines sometimes have no clear plan. SF has a built-in neural network too now, so the difference to Lc0 may not be that great anymore. But SF probably still prefers more open and tactical positions, while Lc0 is a bit more like Komodo and not as tactics-oriented.
With Lc0, you also have to get the data file with the neural network weights. I think the PKGBUILD does this automatically though.
I also like Laser which is not in the AUR. But for UCI engines, normally you don't need a PKBGUILD. Usually it is enough to clone the git repo and build it and then point your chess frontend at the UCI binary.
P.S. I use Cute Chess for the GUI, but some people prefer Arena. But I think Cute Chess is much easier if you just want to add an engine, set some UCI options like difficulty and play some games. Arena feels more like a 1990s Windows application to me with far too many buttons and menu items.
Last edited by Morn (2021-04-01 14:47:08)
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