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Rybka (Computer) vs Jaan Ehlvest
pawn odds match (2007) (unorthodox), chessplanet.ru, rd 5, Mar-07
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Sep-20-07  vesivialvy93: Why not 22.Bxc4 ....?
Nov-01-07  xeroxmachine: Because Nf6+! and no ruuks fer da blak plaier :(
Apr-17-08  ounos: 22. Bxc4 Rxe4 should be ok.
Feb-01-09  WhiteRook48: a missing d pawn just benefits white
Feb-23-09  WhiteRook48: I don't get what that means
Apr-02-09  WhiteRook48: 26...Kh8 what
Aug-29-09  Kaspablanca: If 26...Kh8, 29.Qxc7, threating both rook and bishop.
Jan-02-10
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  HeMateMe: Geez, talk about surgey. Rybka gives pawn odds and wins in 26 moves. The bestpart is the software giving back the pawn, and another, developing its pieces for a killer attack.
Jan-02-10  zanshin: Of course it's easier said than done, but Ehlvest should not have allowed Rybka to steer this into a tactical game.

White to play move 23, Rybka starts to take control with the tactical shot <23.Bf6>


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[+1.10] d=15 23.Bf6 Qf4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 (0:02.15) 7754kN

If <23...gxf6>, then 24.Nxf6 Kh8 25.Re4 is strong for White.

Jan-02-10  zanshin: <WhiteRook48: a missing d pawn just benefits white>

I can see why you might feel this way. However, during the match, a different pawn was removed each time.

http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php...

Jan-02-10  zanshin: Last point about this game (for now at least!) is that Rybka's lead in the final position does not appear that large. I suspect that Ehlvest resigned because he knew he had lost whatever advantage he had in the opening and he could not stop Rybka once she had the lead.


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[+1.28] d=18 26...Qf5 27.Qxc7 Rd7 28.Qxc4 Rxd5 29.Ng3 (0:02.39) 9259kN

Nov-17-15
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  Domdaniel: <zanshin> -- < he could not stop Rybka once she had the lead. > You're probably right. Interesting, though, that you think of Rybka as female.
Nov-17-15  NeverAgain: Not more than the British Admiralty think of a ship as a female when reporting that "she was lost with all hands". zanshin may be Slavic and as such recognizes that "rybka" is a feminine-gender noun.

BTW, if you look up the engine's history you will find that its (or her? ;) name had something to do with Vas Rajlich's wife. The articles I read didn't elaborate on this point, but "rybka" is a somewhat common term of endearment for a female in Russian (and I imagine in Czech, too).

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