Antichess is Alive. Rybka 3 has been killed. Man v Machine

[swami]

To ensure 100% that Pablo won't win a game, they have to set up the engine correctly and use incremental time controls.

Offline match at any fixed time without incremental time control is difficult for human too. Point is that there's too much lag in playchess that makes engine lose on time often.

[Graham Banks]

To ensure 100% that Pablo won't win a game, they have to set up the engine correctly and use incremental time controls.

Offline match at any fixed time without incremental time control is difficult for human too. Point is that there's too much lag in playchess that makes engine lose on time often.

It's a bit like chopping a leg off a horse and then crowing because you beat it in a race.

[Ovyron]

Yes, when Pablo posts these wins on time on his own computer (as opposed to playing on Lagchess) I'll be impressed.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

To ensure 100% that Pablo won't win a game, they have to set up the engine correctly and use incremental time controls.

Offline match at any fixed time without incremental time control is difficult for human too. Point is that there's too much lag in playchess that makes engine lose on time often.

It's a bit like chopping a leg off a horse and then crowing because you beat it in a race.

In Pablo's case,it's much more like cutting off the horse head and claiming to win the race

[skoony]

i agree,
this all been gone over before.

even a blind squirrel can find a nut regards,
mike

[Linshark]

i agree,
this all been gone over before.

even a blind squirrel can find a nut regards,
mike

How can this blind squirrel find nuts ? Does he use his hands to feel them or can he sniff them out ? Just wondering..

[bob]

You should look not only in the final position

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Rybka played e5 to prevent draw by the 50 move rules and pablo did not care about the quality of his moves when he saw that rybka is going to lose on time.

Uri

And is it the engine's fault that it lost on time or the GUI's fault?

Aren't they sold as "one entity"??? It looks (to me) more of a time management issue in the engine.

[Graham Banks]

Aren't they sold as "one entity"???

Not necessarily, no.

[Nimzovik]

Hmmmmmmmmm............. fascinating discussion........ I reiterate...... Pablos ideas are a thorn in rybka's side -- time glitch or no....... If it were humans playing the massive rating difference between the combatants would be indicatvie that the lessser player is on to .....something.......

[Graham Banks]

Hmmmmmmmmm............. fascinating discussion........ I reiterate...... Pablos ideas are a thorn in rybka's side -- time glitch or no

Once in a couple of hundred games, sure.