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I thought that tonight I better try unzipping that link you provided, H.G., in case I needed my sister-in-law's help tomorrow. It was pretty much as simple to unzip as you described in an earlier post. The only thing was I couldn't seem to save it as anything but a temporary download, so I'll have to download it each time I use it, unless I can figure out how not to. My used laptop was a gift from a friend, which might somehow complicate things due to any possible security measures set for him.

The program was set for 1 minute per side, and I initially tried playing at that speed. I clearly blundered a pawn for nothing very early, but for some reason the engine passed it up. Some more blunders followed (by me) and I soon allowed a mate. The next three games I tried 5 minutes, then 10, then 15. At one point I noticed I had lost on time, but was allowed to keep playing anyway (I didn't bother to figure out how to change that yet, if I wish to). Each of these 3 games I lost as well. Maybe I'm not yet used to the images for all the piece types, but the odd blunder (or once a mouse slip) kept occurring. I came closest to doing well in the 15 minute game (I always tried not to 'lose on time').

After that I set the program to have two engines play a 15 minute game. Again they each exceeded the limit and were awarded a further 15 minutes each on the clock all the same. As a spectator I thought the engines played conservatively, if not anti-positionally (IMHO). At one point Black seemed to go ahead in material considerably after about 40 moves with one trade only. Then trades came thick and fast, and eventually Black won a pawn ending two clean pawns ahead. The game only took about 80 moves (until mate), which would be about right for standard chess.

Thanks again for the link, H.G.