Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 16:08:59 12/21/05
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On December 21, 2005 at 12:47:14, Vladimir Xern wrote: >On December 21, 2005 at 11:36:22, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>This game can hardly count as "orthodox" victory. >>The win is solely based on very weak opening play by Rybka. > >Er, really? You mean to say that one side has to play worse than the other for >it to lose? No, I mean to say exactly what I wrote. And here I thought that's how every chess game was decided. And that >since Rybka played a particular part of the game worse and lost, it still >"doesn't count" as a legitimate win? Why not. Be happy with your legitimate win. :) Rybka Beta is not what you can call a well-rounded program yet. It plays the opening like a typical amateur engine (i.e. self-blockade of c-pawn or useless Bishop checks on b4,b5) and has a serious lack of endgame knowledge. Well damn, I guess I'm back to the drawing >board since winning apparently isn't good enough. >>Any good book has 1.e4 e6 2.e5 d6. Try to beat Rybka from there... > >If Rybka played anything that thoughtful, I wouldn't have gone for the Steinitz >variation in the first place, would I have? Getting the engine out of book on purpose at move two is Anti-Computer chess. There is nothing wrong with it but 1.e4 e6 2.e5 Sc6 3.d4 Bb4+? is not something you can call "orthodox line" by any means. >>Download the Man-Machine database from Tony Hedlunds site and search for a >>machine who played 1...e6 in an important man-machine game. >>You won't find many... > >Why? Oh, because you think the French is a poor defence for computers. Then you >should be happy that I gave your claims some validity after all. :) >Facts: the game is an offhand, informal blitz game I played on a Wednesday >morning while eating some breakfast cereal to provide a change of pace from >anti-chess. All you armchair dissenters should lighten up on the arrogance. >You're rated what, around 2300 FIDE? I wonder what my rating has to do with the subject. You should be on our side expending a >little elbow grease. :) >Oh, and Merry Christmas. Thanks, likewise >-Vlad
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