Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:02:59 02/28/06
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On February 28, 2006 at 14:39:53, Paulo Cesar Soares wrote: >On February 28, 2006 at 13:14:31, Salvador H Cresce wrote: > >>On February 28, 2006 at 12:54:20, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On February 28, 2006 at 11:09:32, Majd Al-Ansari wrote: >>> >>>>Letting Rybka use an optimized book is almost not fair for other programs. >>> >>>Rybka cannot use that book not under chessbase so I consider it as not part of >>>rybka'a package. >>> >>>I think that the ssdf should not use it in their testing of rybka when they test >>>rybka because they should test commercial products and the combination between >>>.ctg book and rybka is combination of 2 commercial products. >>> >>>I am lucky to have Fritz8 and Junior9 as chessbase engines but I simply do not >>>care about book today and I am not going to use it. >>> >>><snipped> >>>> Rybka was already beating any engine with its own native book very >>>>handily, so now I guess things will really get ugly. They might get even uglier >>>>once the last few weaknesses of Rybka are covered (endgame knowledge). >>> >>>You are wrong if you think that lack of some endgame knowledge is the only >>>weakness of Rybka. >>> >>>based on my experience in correspondence games it has more weaknesses. >>> >>>Uri >> >>What are the weaknesses you found on correspondence games? Where do you play >>correspondence games? I play on ICCF. >> >>Salvador > >I remember your name, Salvador. I also played postal chess >up to 1993, when I abandoned Brazilian championship semifinal. >My congratulations, I entered in the CXEB site and I saw that you are an ICCF >GM! > >Paulo Cesar F. F. Soares He has 2561 I have slightly higher rating and I fight for the GM norm I need 6/9 in the games that I did not finish and it will not be easy. I have advantage in most of my remaining games but I am also in danger of losing games. Uri
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