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Subject: Re: Rybka comes from anothe planet...

Author: Austin A. Biberink

Date: 03:32:43 12/30/05

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On December 30, 2005 at 06:09:46, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>Rybka has a mind of its own.  She is way above us mortals.

For sure. But what is unique about Rybka? My impressions are:

* Pawns are like electrons: Energy, but not material :)
* The advantage of the bishop pair is evaluated higher than usual.
* With black, it's typical that Rybka will give a pawn early, to fight for the
initiative... or just to imbalance the position.

The last point seems comparable to Lasker's style. Rybka is confident to
succeed, even if it has to sacrifice, to force the opponent into a fighting
position. I have seen many games where Rybka turned a bad eval into a win. It is
also typical that the opponents overestimate their advantage, after such a Rybka
sac.

best regards
Austin



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