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Subject: Re: "Rybka does not care"

Author: CLiebert

Date: 03:59:48 12/07/05

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On December 07, 2005 at 06:54:12, Ómar Skúlason wrote:

>
>
>Hi.
>
>The above is from one of Uri,s post;
>
>"It seems that Rybka does not care if it mates in 1 mates in 2 or mates in more
>moves"
>
>---------------------------------------------------------  snip
>-----------------------
>
>And from a post by George;
>
>"Because i still maintain after watching most of these games that Rybka has some
>serious late middle game and end game
>problems that must be attended to"
>
>--------------------------------------------------- snip
>-----------------------------
>
>And from Sarah;
>
>"There are many positions like this where sometimes Rybka even fails and settles
>on a draw in a won position, also many where it seems it plays on and on and
>eventually wins even with large material advantages such as this"
>
>---------------------------------------------- snip
>----------------------------------
>
>I have also observed this "behavior" in its play.
>In at least one game, it lost a half point due to the 50 move rule after playing
>back and front in a won position.
>It is just like when you are playing with a kid, you don´t care if you loose or
>win.
>
>For me this behavior or bug is just funny and makes it even more interesting.
>Anyway you don´t have to care if you are stronger than the rest.
>
>Ómar


And despite of this it is as good as it is. Remarkable, because there is still a
lot potential to improve it...

Chr.

Btw. Rybka joins the CSS-Online-Masters!! Games from Thursday to Sunday ev day
at 18 MEZ/GMT

http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/





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