Answers.Body: <p>Adam Hair has a rating list for weaker engines:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://adamsccpages.blogspot.com/p/also-rans-rating-list.html" rel="nofollow">http://adamsccpages.blogspot.com/p/also-rans-rating-list.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Grizzly and Chenard are UCI, but a lot of the weaker engines tend to be CECP.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Take a look at <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/" rel="nofollow">numpty</a>. It claims to have a ELO of about 1500-1800. I've played it on FICS before and it usually has a blitz rating of 1900-2100. Note that FICS ratings are usually horribly skewed by all the cheating that happens on there.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There is an engine called Delfi made by <a href="http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/" rel="nofollow" title="msb software">msb software</a>. It is designed to play at lower ratings but also to play more like a human amateur. It is commercial, not free but I think there is a free version with some limitations. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Actually, on the CCRL 40/4 there're around 170 engines under 1800, not just a dozen. You can also check this list based on bullet games: <a href="http://e4e6.com/ratings.php?id=1001" rel="nofollow">http://e4e6.com/ratings.php?id=1001</a>
  Most of the engines work properly, especially at long time controls.
  Almost all of them are still available on the Internet, just Google them.</p>
  
  <p>Alex</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Gnuchess 5.07 is about 2050 elo
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Comments.Text: Is there a basis for your assessment?
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Comments.Text: -1: No way. GNUChess is a direct fork of the Fruit chess engine. Fruit has about 2500 Human FIDE. Your answer is definitely wrong.
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Comments.Text: You may want to have a look here: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/ and here: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ On the 40 moves in 40 minutes list there is only one engine with an Elo of less than 1800: Ziggurat 0.18 64-bit, with an Elo of 1786. (But I'm not totally sure these Elo ratings can be accurately compared to human FIDE Elo ratings.)
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Comments.Text: There is also the famous program Chess Titans, which has a rating of around 1700 Elo on level 10. (Chess Titans is included in Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not in Windows 8.)
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Comments.Text: Chess Titans is handicapped, I think. It has several times exchanged a queen for a rook for almost no advantage.
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Comments.Text: Really? On level 10? I played a lot of games against it and it never made such blunders on level 10.
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Comments.Text: Well, it has happened only once to me. I won that game, but maybe I might have had a checkmate I hadn't noticed or something.
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Title: Chess engine with an ELO of less than 1800
ThreadText: # Chess engine with an ELO of less than 1800
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-10)
  
  I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great.
  
  **Tags:** engines, software, rating, elo, uci
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: You may want to have a look here: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/ and here: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ On the 40 moves in 40 minutes list there is only one engine with an Elo of less than 1800: Ziggurat 0.18 64-bit, with an Elo of 1786. (But I'm not totally sure these Elo ratings can be accurately compared to human FIDE Elo ratings.)  
  > **username_4**: There is also the famous program Chess Titans, which has a rating of around 1700 Elo on level 10. (Chess Titans is included in Windows Vista and Windows 7, but not in Windows 8.)  
  > **username_0**: Chess Titans is handicapped, I think. It has several times exchanged a queen for a rook for almost no advantage.  
  > **username_4**: Really? On level 10? I played a lot of games against it and it never made such blunders on level 10.  
  > **username_0**: Well, it has happened only once to me. I won that game, but maybe I might have had a checkmate I hadn't noticed or something.  
  > **username_1**: Gnuchess 5.07 is about 2050 elo  
  > **username_2**: Is there a basis for your assessment?  
  > **username_3**: -1: No way. GNUChess is a direct fork of the Fruit chess engine. Fruit has about 2500 Human FIDE. Your answer is definitely wrong.  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2015-09-28. Score: 2
  
  Adam Hair has a rating list for weaker engines:
  
  <http://adamsccpages.blogspot.com/p/also-rans-rating-list.html>
  
  Grizzly and Chenard are UCI, but a lot of the weaker engines tend to be CECP.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2014-08-12. Score: 2
  
  Take a look at [numpty](https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/). It claims to have a ELO of about 1500-1800. I've played it on FICS before and it usually has a blitz rating of 1900-2100. Note that FICS ratings are usually horribly skewed by all the cheating that happens on there.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2015-04-02. Score: 1
  
  There is an engine called Delfi made by [msb software](http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/ "msb software"). It is designed to play at lower ratings but also to play more like a human amateur. It is commercial, not free but I think there is a free version with some limitations.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2014-08-11. Score: 1
  
  Actually, on the CCRL 40/4 there're around 170 engines under 1800, not just a dozen. You can also check this list based on bullet games: <http://e4e6.com/ratings.php?id=1001>
  Most of the engines work properly, especially at long time controls.
  Almost all of them are still available on the Internet, just Google them.
  
  username_8
  
  
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