Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:51:00 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 04:58:32, George Speight wrote: > >One thing that has been overlooked or at least not mentioned here is the fact >that Rybka's problems begin about 2/3 of the way thru the middle game, not just >strictly 5 and 6 man endgames or so. Tablebases will most likely help some, but >that last 3rd of the middle game is the kicker. I have seen it blow too many >good positions BEFORE it gets to the endgame. I think that positions when the sides has except pawns less material relative to queen and rook are considered as endgame by most chess players and Rook 2 bishops and 6 pawns against rook bishop and knight and 6 pawns is an example for an endgame. It is not going to survive with >the elite in long matches over the long haul without some drastic changes being >made. I am not sure what long haul means but my guess is that the engine(assuming the quality of opening book is the same) is better than other engines(except maybe latest Gambit Fruit). I use only the 32 bit version but I think that in comparing the engine it is more fair to use the 64 bit version that is more than 50% faster. I also guess that for the engine slightly positional is better than very positional. The program has some problems- however strong it may seem. Not an opinion >this time. George I agree that it has some problem but inspite of them the engine may be the best engine that is available today. Uri
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