Answers.Body: <p>Back in the day, I found Chessmaster to be very beginner friendly, with a variety of AIs to choose from. It also had some instructional segments included, which were good at the time.</p>
  
  <p>Now I lose against Stockfish whenever I'm looking for a good beating. I don't think it's very good for beginners, even if you constrain its skill quite a bit.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Shredder is an awesome Chess Program.  If you have an IPhone or Android Shredder is present and if you want for Computer along with Shredder you can use Fritz also.  I personally like both of them.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If you have a Microsoft Windows-based PC or laptop then there is no problem. They provide a very good chess game with different skill levels and appearances. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the answer. I guess one needs to choose that at the time of install. My current installation doesn't appear to have it. Any other recommendations?
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Answers.Body: <p>If you want to improve your skills, maybe <a href="http://gamezer.com/" rel="nofollow">gamezer.com</a> is useful. It's not an app, but a website you can visit with an iphone, ipod, or whatever smartphone. It also provides skill  levels.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I play chess very infrequently. Whenever I restart, I take a bit of time to get up to speed. Which chess playing apps are best for a beginner? I would prefer apps that scale up in diifficulty according to a player's skill.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: either I miserably humiliate the AI, or it humiliates me... I stopped trying to find a balanced AI years ago, now I play online chess
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Title: What is the best automatic chess playing app for a beginning level player?
ThreadText: # What is the best automatic chess playing app for a beginning level player?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-16)
  
  I play chess very infrequently. Whenever I restart, I take a bit of time to get up to speed. Which chess playing apps are best for a beginner? I would prefer apps that scale up in diifficulty according to a player's skill.
  
  **Tags:** engines, learning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: either I miserably humiliate the AI, or it humiliates me... I stopped trying to find a balanced AI years ago, now I play online chess  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2012-08-16. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Back in the day, I found Chessmaster to be very beginner friendly, with a variety of AIs to choose from. It also had some instructional segments included, which were good at the time.
  
  Now I lose against Stockfish whenever I'm looking for a good beating. I don't think it's very good for beginners, even if you constrain its skill quite a bit.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2012-08-16. Score: 5
  
  Shredder is an awesome Chess Program. If you have an IPhone or Android Shredder is present and if you want for Computer along with Shredder you can use Fritz also. I personally like both of them.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2012-08-16. Score: 4
  
  If you have a Microsoft Windows-based PC or laptop then there is no problem. They provide a very good chess game with different skill levels and appearances.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the answer. I guess one needs to choose that at the time of install. My current installation doesn't appear to have it. Any other recommendations?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2012-08-18. Score: 3
  
  If you want to improve your skills, maybe [gamezer.com](http://gamezer.com/) is useful. It's not an app, but a website you can visit with an iphone, ipod, or whatever smartphone. It also provides skill levels.
  
  
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