ICC Help: bots

Here's a list of some of the main and most popular computers on ICC. You can see more detailed information about each account with "finger <handle>". If you have any suggestions or additions to this list, message EeEk. Please include the necessary details, such as approximate playing strength, which wild types it plays and so on.

ICC MAINTAINED ACCOUNTS:

*** ENDGAME BOTS: ***

These are accounts in which you can practive your endgame or tactical skills. The endgame accounts such as KBNk will tell you in how many moves until mate. For more about Trainingbot and Problembot, please read help Trainingbot.

TrainingBot "play TrainingBot" Practice chess problems ProblemBot "play ProblemBot" Compositions only

KBNk "play KBNk" Mate with King+Bishop+Knight vs King KQkn "play KQKn" Mate with King+Queen vs King+Knight KQkr "play KQkr" Mate with King+Queen vs King+Rook KRkn "play KRkn" Mate with King+Rook vs King+Knight KBBk "play KBBk" Mate with King+Bishop+Bishop vs King KQk "play KQk" Mate with King+Queen vs King KRk "play KRk" Mate with King+Rook vs King

*** NORMAL BOTS ***

These accounts have the advantage that they can play simultaneously. This means that you do not need to wait for the computer to finish its game, but it is capable of playing several games at once. These accounts are fully automated and have no operator, but are maintained by wohl.

Approximate playing strength USERNAME COMMAND BLITZ BULLET STANDARD BabyBach "play BabyBach" 500-1000 900-1200 600-800 BachChoy "play BachChoy" 800-1000 1000-1300 ReBach "play ReBach" 800-1100 1200-1500 StrongBach "play StrongBach" 1700-1900 1800-2000 JSBach "play JSBach" 1800-2000 1900-2100 PDQBach "play PDQBach" 1000-1200 1400-1600 JackBach "play JachBach" 1200-1500 WimpB "play WimpB" 1600-1900 WimpC "play WimpC" 1300-1600 WimpD "play WimpD" 1100-1300 WimpE "play WimpE" 900-1100 BulletB "play BulletB" 1500-1700 BulletC "play BulletC" 1200-1500 BulletD "play BulletD" 600-1300 SlowFlo "play SlowFlo" 1000-1200 SlowMoe "play SlowMoe" 1700-2000 SlowBo "play SlowBo" 1800-2100 BethO "play BethO" 1600-1900 Tortoise "play Tortoise" 1600-1900 Molasses "play Molasses" 1500-1800

NON-ICC-MAINTAINED ACCOUNTS: Approximate playing strength USERNAME OPERATOR BLITZ BULLET STANDARD BachInBlack OrionsKnight 1300-1600 1300-1600 1300-1600 mscp marcelk 1600-2000 Saevita Origin22 1300-1800 Riva Origin22 1400-1900 yacc LoseOften 1400-1800 morph2 500-1000 Javlek Origin22 1300-1800 PaleRider fredd 2100-2400 2100-2400 UkrainianMachin fromage 1000-1400 1400-1800 1200-1400 ChickenBot thunderchicken 2000-2400 2000-2400 2000-2400 Trueno ChessicStudent 1900-2200 2100-2300 1900-2200 GotLucky StoleIt 1100-1400

*** WILD BOTS ***

These accounts play various "wild" chess types. For more information about this, see help wild. These bots may not be online at any time and they can only play one game at a time, so sometimes you will not be able to type for example "play Fark". Usually this should be possible if it's not playing at the moment. See also "finger <username>" e.g finger Fark for more information.

USERNAME OPERATOR PLAYING TYPE Oliphaunt OrionsKnight Wild (28) ShatranjBot OrionsKnight Wild (28) Crazymouse Finika Wild (25, 27), Loser's, Crazyhouse Wildfire OrionsKnight Loser's, Crazyhouse Moon-Bot bob-marley Loser's CityChicken Fegor Wild (27) CityWok Fegor Wild (27) FischerRandom OrionsKnight Wild (22)

[EeEk, 08/18/2007]

See also: computers, bot-policies, Tomato, Trainingbot