Nid Hogge wrote:It's really simple actually. Rybka marketing = not much. it's popularity among top guns is still .... shy. Nothing to do about it. Deep Fritz\Junior would get that much for half the price. If only chessbase wanted to do. But they are not in a situation where they need to get more publicity.
Kinda reminds me the Linux thread below regards,
yes i guess Marketing it is
but to be honest i am not so sure this is an effective Marketing Technique
playing the same GM (Almost guaranteed to lose) and under less then normal match terms
in this match we have Ehlvest getting white in all of the games and Rybka being forced to leave book after move 3
in the first match we are removing Rybka's pawns one by one as we dance across the board
even if Rybka wins these types of odd (some would say goofy) matches it does not automatically translate into respect by the chess public as a whole that it is a superior engine under normal match conditions
i wonder if Kaufman is not a loose cannon here dreaming up bizarre conditions and then getting private backing for the matches?
i have to believe Rajlich would much prefer to hear that Rybka is going up against GM XXX under normal conditions for a purse of $XXX
and let me opine here that there are plenty of GMs who will play for 11 grand
Fern set up a two game match about a year and a half ago between Rybka and GM Molosvitch in Chile which Rybka won 1.5-.5
that match received television and radio attention in Chile and elsewhere
now how much attention would it have received if the match for example were between the GM and Rybka but Rybka had to move the pieces as if they were checkers and the GM could move as normal??( a very possible future idea by Kaufman)
something about all of this has me thinking that when Rajlich hears about Kaufmans latest privately funded challenge for Rybka his eyes roll up in his head..he sighs deeply and then tries to put a smiling face to it all
Ehlvest Has Left The Building Regards
Steve