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Subject: Re: Rybka future

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:08:24 12/29/05

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On December 29, 2005 at 05:03:11, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On December 29, 2005 at 04:58:28, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 29, 2005 at 03:30:49, Günther Simon wrote:
>>
>>>On December 28, 2005 at 21:13:25, Gustavo Bedoya wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all
>>>>I'm rather new here , and I know that Rybka is the
>>>>outstanding engine nowadays.
>>>>But Surprisingly I've read it lost a game with an (excuse me if I'm
>>>>wrong)inferior engine. I read that Rybka is not playing with full strngth
>>>>because if so, it would be so easy for Rybka.
>>>>I ask all the experts in this Topics if Rybka is really the strongest engine of
>>>>all time, an how can be so stronger than others, what is different in its source
>>>>code that makes it so lethal,( in my modest engine matches games, Rybka crushes
>>>>every engine one after one, excepting Fritz9 in the ChessBase interface +5=2-5).
>>>>And in the future it can be cloned and there will be stronger engines every
>>>>year, even every mounth?
>>>>I'll be happy with all your opinions
>>>>Best Regards
>>>
>>>1. To be out of range for an occasionally loss against other programs,
>>>you must be >= ~750 rating points better. This means even strong Rybka
>>>can lose occasionally against around 100 different programs and Spike
>>>is surely one of the best in that field.
>>>
>>>2. No source is published, thus how should it be 'cloned'?
>>>
>>>Guenther
>>
>>It can be cloned if the computer of the programmer is defected by some trojan
>>horse so somebody can steal the source.
>>
>>Another way without trojan horse is simply stilling the computer that rybka is
>>developed in it.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Stilling a computer is one thing but kidnapping the author is better.

I meant stealing a computer.
For some reason I made stupid spelling mistake.

Note that I do not suggest nothing of these options but only replied to the
question "how should it be 'cloned'".

kidnapping the author is also possibility but of course I hope nothing of it is
going to happen.

Uri



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