Your Complete Guide to the Chess Engine
Chess engines are a convenient way to play chess. If you’re playing bots on any of your chess games, you’re playing the embedded engine. They’re also great for stretching yourself against a known quantity, as you can specify the ELO rating for the engine. Most will adapt to your play over time to give you an increasing level of challenge as you improve. The other real strength of chess engines is analysis and study of completed games. If you ever wanted to know what you should have played, where you went wrong, or what mistakes your opponent made, a chess engine will tell you.