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Subject: Re: Is Rybka in reality endgame Expert?!

Author: Ross Boyd

Date: 18:57:05 12/31/05

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On December 31, 2005 at 17:23:23, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 31, 2005 at 17:02:13, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>I played 60/5 level match from Sune's positions:
>>
>>1   Rybka 1.0 Beta 32-bit   0½½0½½½11½½½01100110½0½010½½½½1½½½111½½0  20.5/40
>>2   Fritz 9                 1½½1½½½00½½½10011001½1½101½½½½0½½½000½½1  19.5/40
>>
>>Hmm?!?!? "No endgame knowledge". Quite modest!
>>
>>Jouni
>
>I can add that in the last tournament Rybka scored 1.5/2 against quad Shredder
>and parallel Ikarus from lost positions thanks to playing better in the endgame.
>
>It is correct that some endgame knowledge is missing and I know about stupid
>mistakes of rybka because of that problem.
>
>It is not correct that rybka has no endgame knowledge.
>
>Uri


I agree 100%.

Clearly people have taken it literally that Rybka has no eg knowledge. Its more
accurate to say that it is missing some endgame knowledge.

If Rybka resembles Fruit (or even Crafty) internally, it shouldn't be hard for
Vas to fix the obvious problems.

Ross





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