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Are there any good engines/AIs that play at around 1350-1750 ELO?

Chess Question

I like to play against bots, it's less stressful for me. However, most engines I play against (especially chess.com bots) are too simplistic. To make them less strong than the real engine they just make suboptimal moves some of the time, but they do not follow 1350-1750 ELO strategies or sometimes they just blunder a piece in one move (which really shouldn't happen at 1750 ELO, especially in the opening, like, the second pawn move is just a free pawn to grab).

Are there any "really good, bad engines" out there? Bots you really like to play against?

Best regards,
D.R.

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

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