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what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:18 pm
by kaustubh
What is the secret of rybka , why is it so strong from the first version

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:43 pm
by swami
kaustubh wrote:What is the secret of rybka , why is it so strong from the first version
It's probably better to ask this in Rybka forum.

You have set the record for newbies it seems :)

15 posts total, and 11 thread starts.Anyway, Enjoy programming.

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:01 am
by nczempin
Well, if we told you, it would no longer be a secret!

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:49 pm
by kaustubh
do you know the secret

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:53 pm
by Bill Rogers
I know the secret. The programmer discovered a new algorithm for chess and he is not going to tell the world what it is because then his program would no longer be he strongest. Use your head young man. If you developed the strongest program in the world would you give away all your secrets? I think not.

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:40 pm
by nczempin
We all know the secret, and we are conspiring to keep it from you.

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:41 pm
by nczempin
Incidentally, it is only because I know The Secret (tm) that my engine Eden is currently doing so well in the ChessWar tournament.

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:59 pm
by RVisitor
You are welcome to read my paper on that controversial subject
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzesz4a6/current/id80.html

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:25 pm
by nczempin
RVisitor wrote:You are welcome to read my paper on that controversial subject
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzesz4a6/current/id80.html
I'm too impatient to read your speculations. The simplest way to find out if they are close to the truth would be to implement a chess engine based on your ideas, and find out if its performance comes close to Rybka.

Re: what is the secret of rybka

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:27 am
by WinPooh
nczempin wrote:We all know the secret, and we are conspiring to keep it from you.
To say more, all chess programmers conspired not to write engines stronger than Rybka.