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Judit (at about age 13) defeats a grandmaster, with Rxg2+: [D] r6k/pppn2rp/3p1b1q/3P1b2/1PP2p2/2NB1N1P/P4PPK/2RQ2R1 b - - I have tried this on a couple of engines and it seems to be fairly difficult - even if I force Rxg2+ Rxg2, Arasan 10.1 still takes a while to see a + score for Black. On my Athl...

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?pid=42407#pid42407 Vasik Rajlich : "Sorry, this is just nonsense. In fact, I've never even profiled Rybka and spend zero time on optimization. This should be quite obvious from the sources - there are no unrolled loops or other arcane construct...

Depends only on whether the engine you plan to test with fully supports 4 CPUs or not. If not, the Core2Duo is clearly the better choice. BTW, have you considered the Core2Duo Q6600 (with G0 stepping)?

Albert

See http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1483824 White played Rd8! here: [D] 2b1r1kb/p3np1p/1p2p1PB/4P1Q1/5N2/8/P1q2PP1/3R2K1 w - - Some engines find this quickly but others want to select g7+, which only draws. The winning line is fairly deep. --Jon Analysis by Rybka WinFinder 2.2 32-bit o...

A long and sometimes hot thread has started in other forum about the commercial feasibility of dedicated units in the current market. A side of the discussion think "yes"; they argue people has got tired of PC and that the experience to play on them is not fully satisfactory. The other side say "NO...

Making such strong engines and then releasing them for free!? What is wrong with you? Didn't you know that people payed good money for fritz, junior, chesstiger 2007, and zappa. Only to see your free engine destroy them!! :shock: Shame Shame on you people. Sign, free strong engine hater :evil: Coul...

Posts like these are only an insult to the hundreds of authors of original work, it's not like there aren't other strong engines for you to play with besides toga/strelka&co. It just shows a complete lack of character/lack of spine from you and other "supporters". Damnit again I clicked on CCC this...

Making such strong engines and then releasing them for free!? What is wrong with you? Didn't you know that people payed good money for fritz, junior, chesstiger 2007, and zappa. Only to see your free engine destroy them!! :shock: Shame Shame on you people. Sign, free strong engine hater :evil: Coul...

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Eelco de Groot wrote:Well it is very nice from you and Vas to make another free Rybka

Vas had nothing to do with this. I asked.

Albert