How good is vista ultimate at chess?

[Maximilian]

On the highest difficulty setting it takes a very long time to figure out where its going to move, i assume this is because its calculating all the possible movement scenarios. Im not really a chess fan because i suck at chess but its been about 11 years since that deep blue thing beat the chess champion guy. Could windows vista maybe do the same? Wiki says chess software is more focused on now rather than hardware.

 

[Pepsi90919]

what the christ

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
what the christ

i think he is referring to the chess game that comes with vista.

 

[Nitemare]

hate playing the computer at chess because it takes so long to decide where to move.

 

[ChaoZ]

Vista comes with chess?

 

[Maximilian]

Ya vista comes with chess. I dunno if its an ultimate only extra but it replaces that draughts game that came with XP.

Its called "Chess Titans"

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Vista comes with chess?

Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

 

[George P Burdell]

Are you talking about Chess Titans? I have that on Vista Business and I'm sure it can't defeat any grandmaster worth his salt.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

I hear when you go to make a move, though, it's a three step process with two verifications, and you need admin level rights.

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
Vista comes with chess?

Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

Time sure has changed.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Are you talking about Chess Titans? I have that on Vista Business and I'm sure it can't defeat any grandmaster worth his salt.

I, like the OP, isn't a chess fan:

"Im not really a chess fan because i suck at chess"

So, I think he/she is just curios about the AI of the included game George P Burdell.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

I hear when you go to make a move, though, it's a three step process with two verifications, and you need admin level rights.

I haven't personally played the game, but as a MS Win Vista user, I see the humor in your Perknose!

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Are you talking about Chess Titans? I have that on Vista Business and I'm sure it can't defeat any grandmaster worth his salt.

It beat someone i know whos decent at chess, suppose thats a far cry from a grandmaster though.

Its just it takes so much CPU power and time to figure out where to move on level 10 difficulty i figured its calculating every possible move and figuring out the correct move to make so maybe its got a chance against a grandmaster no?. It dosent seem to be multithreaded though, cheapass microsoft.

 

[eLiu]

The chess engine in Vista isn't very good (I can beat it). It's worse than the GNU-chess engine (it destroys me). I've never tried facing off GNU-chess with say Fritz/other commerical products (also destroys me) though.

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: eLiu
The chess engine in Vista isn't very good (I can beat it). It's worse than the GNU-chess engine (it destroys me). I've never tried facing off GNU-chess with say Fritz/other commerical products (also destroys me) though.

I see, did you beat vista on the highest difficulty level?

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: Soviet

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Are you talking about Chess Titans? I have that on Vista Business and I'm sure it can't defeat any grandmaster worth his salt.

It beat someone i know whos decent at chess, suppose thats a far cry from a grandmaster though.

Its just it takes so much CPU power and time to figure out where to move on level 10 difficulty i figured its calculating every possible move and figuring out the correct move to make so maybe its got a chance against a grandmaster no?. It dosent seem to be multithreaded though, cheapass microsoft.

There is no way it is calculating every possible move. It'd take years upon years. We haven't solved Chess yet. (Or ever) Not to mention the memory/storage it'd require.

 

[rise]

play here

anyway, i've played chess titans on vista and i don't think it's any replacement for playing humans.

that was a painful edit...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

I hear when you go to make a move, though, it's a three step process with two verifications, and you need admin level rights.

I haven't personally played the game, but as a MS Win Vista user, I see the humor in your Perknose!

Meh, took me 10 seconds to disable UAC on my machine. And it's a wonderful feature on my wife's machine so she won't fuck it up.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

..

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Yes ChaoZ, it is called "Chess Titans" and it is in the games folder.

I hear when you go to make a move, though, it's a three step process with two verifications, and you need admin level rights.

I haven't personally played the game, but as a MS Win Vista user, I see the humor in your Perknose!

Meh, took me 10 seconds to disable UAC on my machine. And it's a wonderful feature on my wife's machine so she won't fuck it up.

she hasnt learned to instinctively click continue yet?

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: rise
play here

anyway, i've played chess titans on vista and i don't think it's any replacement for playing humans.

that was a painful edit...

Right, so my money making idea by challenging gary kasperov and presenting him with my laptop with vista representing me and beating him at chess will never see fruitation.

Oh well, at least it can beat this one guy i know whos supposed to be good at chess.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

she hasnt learned to instinctively click continue yet?

She doesn't install anything or need admin rights. So it probably still seems new to her on the rare occasion that it does pop up.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: Soviet

Originally posted by: eLiu
The chess engine in Vista isn't very good (I can beat it). It's worse than the GNU-chess engine (it destroys me). I've never tried facing off GNU-chess with say Fritz/other commerical products (also destroys me) though.

I see, did you beat vista on the highest difficulty level?

Yeah.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Soviet
Oh well, at least it can beat this one guy i know whos supposed to be good at chess.

that, a few beers and plenty of trash talk can go a long way

 

[DrPizza]

Impressive to beat it on 10. It takes me quite a bit of effort to beat it at level 7 or 8. Effort doesn't mean undo the last 5 moves after you get crushed either.