Thanks for replying. However those were not the engines that were mentioned in the older post.
stwils
What downloaded engine plays more like humans?
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Chessmaster doesn't play the least like a human, even on the lower settings. It plays pretty good (tactically atleast) in 1500 settings, before suddenly, on move 24, moving his queen right next to your rook, free for grabs.
Now I know that tacticall blunders is what usually decides the outcome of a match below 1500, but the tactical blunders are usually not as stupid as grabbing your queen and putting him down next to the enemy rook.
Chessmaster's The King engine is probably the best at playing humanlike though you would have to buy the program to get the engine.
For free you can check out: http://www.superchessengine.com/new_release.htm
I believe the engines like "Little Thought" "Homer" "Medicore" "Clueless" are designed so you can play against them.
Some time ago there was a discussion here about several engines you could download free and some would play more like a person if you set it to limit its strength. I can't remember which engines they were.
I've got winboard with Rybka and Arena with Rybka, but I can't seem to limit their strength so I could play against them without getting mauled. I have Mayura chess board but it comes with Toga, and Toga will not limit the strength.
Now Chessmaster has all sorts of characters, and you can set them from fools to masters, but they still do funny things at times that act like a computer.
What are the best chess programs (download or bought) that can be set to play like a person and not do computer like antics when you least expect it?
stwils