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Subject: Re: Rybka Has Lost its Myths! It's a Pawnpusher-Turbo Trick.

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:12:32 02/22/06

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On February 22, 2006 at 09:36:48, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>It was interesting to read the many comments on my _report_ [not novel or lyric]
>about the clear win of FRITZ over RYBKA 13b in the CSS Online Masters. For the
>first time one of the classic professionals brought to an abrupt halt the
>overwhelming success of Rybka since Dec 2005. What is the situation?
>
>What does this show to the knowing expert?
>

Nothing.

Rybka also could not beat pharaon3.3 in wbec and only got 4 draws.
4 games are simply not enough.

>It proves something what is always completely ignored. That it's showing a
>faulty picture if people just let autoplay some engines. The pretended
>objectivity of such little tournaments is in reality a forging of reality.
>Because chess isnt something automatical. What in human chess is the will of the
>player that is in computerchess the talent and motivation of the operator.
>Without the care of the operator a program cant play its best chess. Also it
>makes absolutely no sense to play two engines on a single computer machine.
>Because that rips all of the best in chess off the player. Pondering off, PB
>off.

rybka is also good in tournaments with ponder on.
it could not beat paharaon but it is leading WBEC.

Uri



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