What program did Vasik Rajlich use before Rybka release

[kgburcham]

Of course Vasik might have had a friend named Fritz.

The first Rybka beta was released on December 2, 2005
This game from 1999.


A. Young - V. Rajlich
[E97/09] King’s Indian: Yugoslav (Normal)
World Open (7)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Qd2 Bh6 13.Bd3 g5 14.e5 g4 15.Nd4 Ng6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.e6 Qh4 18.Qd3 Kg7 19.g3 Qh3 20.Qf1 Qxf1+ 21.Kxf1 a6 22.Kg1 fxg3 23.hxg3 Re8 24.Re2 b6 25.Rae1 Bb7 26.exf7 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Kxf7 28.Ne6 Rc8 29.Ne4 b5 30.b3 a5 31.Nc3 bxc4 32.bxc4 Re8 33.Nxc7 Rxe2 34.Nxe2 Kf6 (55) 1-0.
His opening was a strange variation on the 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 line. It seems that Black would be at least very comfortable in the case of 10...h6 11.Be3 Bf4 12.Bf1 g5, since in the 9.b4 Bh5 10.Re1 he often plays ...h6 voluntarily, for example the line 10...Nf4 11.Bf1 h6. My 10...Nf4 is
more ambitious - White will just be forced to give up the dark-squared bishop. On the other hand, Black is a little awkward on the kingside with ...Bh6. Just about everybody I talked to liked White’s position in the early middlegame, since White plays in the center while Black just plays on the wing, but I am not so sure. Still, I'd probably play 10...h6 next time.
15...Ng6 was a sweet move, my best in the tournament. 15...dxe5 16.Rxe5 Ng6 doesn’t work due to 17.Rh5, so how to continue the attack? The answer is 15...Ng6.If 16.e6 then 16...Ne5 and Black is rock solid in the center and will just attack on the kingside, while 16.Bxg6, which seems best, gives Black the open h-file, and it also eliminates pieces coming into f5. 18...Kg7, however, was a mistake. Better was 18...a6. I was concerned about 19.exf7 Kxf7 20.Ne6, but instead Black just plays 19.Kh8 when he is happy that White gave up his e6 pawn. Possibly 17...Qh4 was premature, too.
After 18...Kg7, White has two very critical tries, 19.Ndb5 and 19.g3 Qh3 20.Ndb5. I thought that I had adequate resources against both, for example 19.Ndb5 Bg5, but Fritz just laughs at this: 20.Nxc7 Rh8 21.Nxa8 and what’s up now? Or: 19.g3 Qh3 20.Ndb5 Bg5 21.Qf1 and Black still can’t defend c7, i.e. 21...Qxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Bd8 23.e7. I really can’t even remember what exactly I
was banking on here, it all looks so weak. He was low on time, though, so he just went for the ending, which may also be good for him. If it is, then I should rethink the immediate ...Qh4 or perhaps even the entire 10...Nf4 idea. However, even if the ending is good for White, Black shouldn’t lose. 30...a5 was a mistake, I missed the simple 31.Nc3. I was tempted to play 23...c5
24.dxc5 bxc5 forcing him to find 25.e7 Re8 26.Ne4 since 25.Nxc6 Bb7 would be good for Black, but this would be too easy, in my opinion, even with just a few minutes.