Bill Rogers wrote:Greg he just won a new title in the last couple of weeks. It is in Chess News.
Bill
Did you think I was claiming he had lost his skills? On the contrary, I was pointing out that it is not really appropriate to refer to a GM as an international master.
Bill Rogers wrote:I can only add that Larry K. is an international master and has been involved with computer chess for a couple of decades now. Combine that with a really good programmer and it is not to hard to imagine they could make a superior chess program.
Oh, and so far there is not proof that it is not an original piece of work.
Bill
Hi !
Larry Kaufman isn't expert in programming.
His role in early Rybka was zero.
Even Rybka 1.o beta was the best in area.
His role in late Rybka 2 & Rybka 3 is exclusively connected to evaluation function.And not all evaluation - but only evaluation for imbalanced positions.Here he is an expert:
As for as i know just about all computer chess programs are
derivative work. Most coming from Crafty. .
No proof has been provided that Rybka is a clone. There is
a big diff between a clone and derivative.