http://support.chess.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=690 for the estimated rating of the computer. And of course the computer can be beaten, however it does require you to find good moves. 
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Maybe it should be randomly entered into some tournaments now and then :)
I think that would be quite a novelty ....
I've been wondering the same thing. I'm about 2-50 on medium, and 12-50 on easy. So it can be beat, just not easily.
I checked the estimated ratings of "lil chess partner" and it's supposedly 1200 on easy but I can beat a 1200 human alot more easily than the damn computer!
P-M-B wrote:
I checked the estimated ratings of "lil chess partner" and it's supposedly 1200 on easy but I can beat a 1200 human alot more easily than the damn computer!
Me too! I guess it makes less blunders than a human but it doesn't make any advanced moves either
gobbel wrote:
P-M-B wrote:
I checked the estimated ratings of "lil chess partner" and it's supposedly 1200 on easy but I can beat a 1200 human alot more easily than the damn computer!
Me too! I guess it makes less blunders than a human but it doesn't make any advanced moves either
Actually, on easy, I've seen it make blunders. The way it's made "easy" is that it makes a move after a set period of time (1 second). So, if the best move it finds in that time is still a really bad move, it will just go ahead and make it. It doesn't always make blunders, but I have seen it hang minor pieces, etc.
What would little chess partner's rating be on here and can it be beat