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* Mediocre v0.1b by Jonatan Pettersson         *
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* Homepage: http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/ *
* E-mail:   zlaire@gmail.com                   *
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* Release date: 2007-01-05                     *
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Introduction
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Mediocre is the result of a chess programming blog (http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/).
In the blog every aspect added to Mediocre is described in detail as it develops.

Mediocre is written in Java.

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Installation
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Being a Java chess engine Mediocre needs Java Runtime Environment in order to run.
It can be found on http://java.sun.com.

To run Mediocre in WinBoard open the winboard.ini file and find the lines:

/firstChessProgramNames={GNUChess.exe
}
/secondChessProgramNames={GNUChess.exe
}

They might include more engines but should look something like that. Then add Mediocre
like this:

/firstChessProgramNames={GNUChess.exe
"java Mediocre x" /fd="<path to Mediocre>"
}
/secondChessProgramNames={GNUChess.exe
"java Mediocre x" /fd="<path to Mediocre>"
}

The next time you start WinBoard you will be able to choose Mediocre in the opening dialog.

In other interfaces (like Arena; http://www.playwitharena.com) choose Add Engine from
the the menus and select the mediocre.bat-file in the Mediocre folder. Make sure
the classpath in the .bat-file has the right path to Mediocre.

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Changes
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   v0.1b: Aspiration windows added
          Killer moves heuristic added
          Principal Variation Search added
          A new opening book, shorter but lets the engine play itself better
