We must have posted together.
a6 is the move.
Apology accepted by the way. But I'm a clown.
Someone did say ChessMaster and I got all confuddled.
(I could have lied and said it was Rybka - but that would
have been cheating - which what this thread was all about)
Playing GM Jacob Aagaard on Saturday in a simul.
My simul record is terrible P.6. L5. D1 (draw v Russian GM Shamkovitch)
Hate the fact you have to move when the GM appears.
It is an advantage to the Master giving the simul.
He can take as long as he likes - you MUST move.
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I played Vugar Gashimov in a simul a few weeks back, painful experience 🙁 I think if he had of opened up with anything apart from the English id have fancied my chances a little more ( ie 0.1% as opposed to 0.000001% )but after 1.c4, yeah ouch 🙂
Good luck against Aagaard
Originally posted by greenpawn34Maybe a silly name, but not forgettable to me! In Czech it means "little fish". Now does it make sense that the new GUI for Rybka will be called the Aquarium? 🙂
Be interesting to see what Rybka (what a silly forgetable name)
does in the opening.
Can't we play on here?
They should do that. Set up a competition for Engine Users v
Engine users. NO HUMANS ALLOWED.
I'll get back to you on this. Will see my publisher tell them I want to
review Rybka, they will get me a copy. I'll set it to play itself at
10 minute games. I'll memorise it's win/losses and then take it on.
I'll win and put the package on ebay for £1.00.
If you knock off it's book and play 1.e4 does it play the 3...Qe7
Petrov line or was that Chess Master as well?
Again with no book. Let it 'think' for 5 minutes.
What does it think are the best opening moves.
1.Nf3 then 1.Nc3 then 1.d4
It's what Botvinnik predicted Computers would play in the future.
This was mid 1970's.
Little Fish - I like that. Little Fish it is from now on.
Originally posted by greenpawn34For what it's worth...
Again with no book. Let it 'think' for 5 minutes.
What does it think are the best opening moves.
1.Nf3 then 1.Nc3 then 1.d4
It's what Botvinnik predicted Computers would play in the future.
This was mid 1970's.
Analysis by Rybka 2.3.2a mp :
1. = (0.09): 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
2. = (0.09): 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
3. = (0.09): 1.g3 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 d5 7.Ne5 Bf5
After 5 mins. It's keen to transpose from one to another.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I got it initially to display only it's top 3, but with more lines displayed we get an answer...
Interesting.
Figured 1.Nf3 and 1.Nc3 as they both control central squares.
and do not weaken the pawns.
Wonder why it prefers 1.g3 to 1.Nf3.
1. = (0.09): 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
2. = (0.09): 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
3. = (0.09): 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
4. = (0.09): 1.g3 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ne5 Bf5
5. = (0.07): 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Na4 Be6
🙂
Thanks.
Had me thinking it saw f2 was weak and was holding back
Nf3 in case it had to play Nh3.
Been PM'd a couple of it's games - it's good.
Pity any shmoe using it on here - it would stand out like
a sore thumb. They would have to dumb it down.
How much does it cost (too lazy to surf for it)?
Originally posted by greenpawn34Note that engines are a lot slower when displaying multiple lines. For just its main line being displayed (i.e. fastest), after 2 mins it goes for:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4
Rybka 3 is due "soon" (maybe July). I'd wait to see the price/performance of that version.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Well it is effective, after all the chess engine did find a winning continuation. Evaluation functions and hueristics must all play into this.
*Stupid Computers:
I was reading about a powerful engine that had an ending database
attached. It was winning an endgame very easily,
a King & Knight and 2 pawns. v a King and 1 pawn.
One of the extra pawns can Queen in 7 moves.
Suddenly it recognised it could go into one of it's 'won' positions in
it's ending database.
So it sacced the extra piece by simply giving it away
just to play on auto cue from it's database.