Manual de Houdini 3 2012 | Page 91

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Predefined opponents: You can pick from a list of pretty weird opponents
(moron, patzer, drunk, fraidy cat, desperado, etc.). Each has his own personality and
displays a different kind of strategic blindness.
Playing strength: You can set a base playing strength in Elo rating points.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to go down as far as would sometimes be necessary.
You can, however, load the Fritz 1.20 engine which is weaker than all the other
engines.
King's attack: This determines whether the program will be primarily concerned
with attacking your king, even if it means neglecting its own safety.
Piece trading: Should the program trade pieces at every opportunity?
Playing direction: Should it keep moving forward or keep retreating its pieces?
King and queenside: The pieces are moved towards the king or queen side of
the board.
King's defence: Should the program be concerned about its king's safety, or
should it simply ignore this?
Piece play: You can specify which pieces the program should use. The slider at
the bottom determines how often the program should move these pieces.
Blunder range: You can specify how much material the program should be willing

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