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Subject: Re: One possible cause of Rybka Weakness in endgames

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 16:09:42 12/08/05

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On December 08, 2005 at 18:27:01, Claude Le Page wrote:

>Sevral posts have noticed that Rybka is rather weak in endgames ,especially
>against Junior : this put me on apossible track : when its position is not
>clearly better , a Juhior engine uses its fastness to complicate  , and Rybka
>must follow at maximum depth ,what is very costly in time : so , in endgame ,
>Rybka is in zeitnot , and analyzes only at depth 13 where thr other is at depth
>17
>The same happens between Junior  and Hiarcs : Their Knowledge slowen hem too
>much in front of engines that use long calculated lines
>The same seem to happen vs  TogaII 1.1a , whose style is similar to Juniors
>Could this be a possible explanation?

The reason that rybka has problems in endgame is simply lack of knowledge about
the endgame.

I do not understand why people try to find other excuses.

Uri



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