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tzs ◴[] No.41874291[source]
OT: what's the state of the art in non-GM level computer chess?

Say I want to play chess with an opponent that is at about the same skill level as me, or perhaps I want to play with an opponent about 100 rating points above me for training.

Most engines let you dumb them down by cutting search depth, but that usually doesn't work well. Sure, you end up beating them about half the time if you cut the search down enough but it generally feels like they were still outplaying you for much of the game and you won because they made one or two blunders.

What I want is a computer opponent that plays at a level of my choosing but plays a game that feels like that of a typical human player of that level.

Are there such engines?

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WhitneyLand ◴[] No.41875964[source]
What’s your rating, have you tried gpt4o?

It’s supposedly good up to about 1300, but aside from that the ability to prompt can make the style of play somewhat tunable for ex aggressive, defensive, etc.

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1. anamexis ◴[] No.41876164[source]
Do you know if there are any interfaces to play against got4o? Or is it just typing in algebraic moves back and forth?
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2. stackghost ◴[] No.41876271[source]
It prints an ASCII board, and then yes, you type algebraic moves back and forth and it updates the board for you each turn.