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GtonPT

Hello everyone,

I got very interested in historic chess variants as Shatranj and Courier Chess. I'd like to train against bots like it's possible with regular chess though I can't find anything. Am I wrong or is it not possible to play variants against bots?

Thanks in advance.

HGMuller

There are may engines for playing these historic variants that you can download and play against. E.g. Fairy-Max, which is included with the WinBoard GUI. For super-human playing strength you could use Fairy-Stockfish under WinBoard. On-line opponents are typically weaker. But you could use Jocly, or the Interactive Diagram.

GtonPT

I actually wondered about being able to play them on chess.com. I'm sorry for not having asked clearly. Still, many thanks at least I can play them on Jocly

realchasmartin
GtonPT wrote:

I actually wondered about being able to play them on chess.com. I'm sorry for not having asked clearly. Still, many thanks at least I can play them on Jocly

Why not make a second account and practice your experiments against your historic setups with the challenge link?   Is that considered "score manipulation"?

https://support.chess.com/article/317-what-counts-as-cheating-on-chess-com

Cheers!

 

GtonPT
realchasmartin hat geschrieben:
GtonPT wrote:

I actually wondered about being able to play them on chess.com. I'm sorry for not having asked clearly. Still, many thanks at least I can play them on Jocly

Why not make a second account and practice your experiments against your historic setups with the challenge link?   Is that considered "score manipulation"?

https://support.chess.com/article/317-what-counts-as-cheating-on-chess-com

Cheers!

 

Thanks for this suggestion but in my case I only wanted to know a way to play against bots. Recently, I crafted myself a four player chess set which when folded can also be used for larger two player variants such as Courier Chess. Hence, opening strategy I can train with that instead of doing it on chess.com.

x-8682337791

A Nice suggestion:

x-8682337791

https://www.pychess.org/