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According to the developer, Micro-Max has an Elo rating of about 2,000 (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/huochess). A 2,000 Elo rating corresponds to "expert" per the USCF, or about the top 1% of players (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_expert).

I've played at least a hundred games against it and lost every one. :P

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Without attempting to read the obscured code, the reason for the middling high Elo lies in the algorithms implemented. One of the AI discoveries is the sad fact that chess does not need intelligence, just horse power and a good per move check list. The algorithms listed provide both...assuming a decent implementation--- I can't tell because I'm not about to translate the code :)

Would you tell me how to enter my moves so that I can play it? I've been trying to figure out the correct format but can't seem to get it.

I played it in Windows via Winboard (http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5...), which has Micro-Max set as the default engine.

just enter source and dest, e.g.: d2d4 to move the pawn at d2 to d4.

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