And so the story goes....

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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Graham Banks wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote: It's about time Vasik and the people around him stop making a mockery out of us....we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
Dr.D
It's about time that the anonymous cowards hiding behind Robber reveal who they really are........we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
I totaly agree....I am not taking their side in no way and I am not saying that they're as white as snow....but at least they don't point fingers like Vasik whenever a strong enough chess engine appears at the horizon....
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I did not see Vasik claim something negative against stockfish.
He never claimed that stockfish has rybka's code and I guess he is not going to do it even if stockfish become better than rybka3 after Dann Corbit's changes(I do not know if this is the case).

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Cubeman wrote:Thanks for the informative link.For those that have not bothered to read it, it generally talks about Stockfish 1.6, not Robbo!Also there are rumours started by Vas followers that it also is based on the code of Rybka/Robbo?? To all these followers of Vas, there can only be one supreme being with the perfect creation and don't want to listen to any thing else.
Hey think about it, Stockfish is the product of 4 very clever chess programming experts.Does it not make sense that they can create such a strong engine?
I disagree with the name "Vas followers" for the people you mention.

I did not read a single post by Vas when he claimed it.

If Rybka forum is going to forbid the name stockfish in their forum or if Vas claims that stockfish is illegal then you may have a point but it did not happen.

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Where did Vas say anything about Stockfish? I am not aware of anything posted by him that mentions Stockfish.
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alpha123 wrote:
Cubeman wrote:Thanks for the informative link.For those that have not bothered to read it, it generally talks about Stockfish 1.6, not Robbo!Also there are rumours started by Vas followers that it also is based on the code of Rybka/Robbo?? To all these followers of Vas, there can only be one supreme being with the perfect creation and don't want to listen to any thing else.
Hey think about it, Stockfish is the product of 4 very clever chess programming experts.Does it not make sense that they can create such a strong engine?
3 very clever chess programming experts :D.

I agree. I wish people would stop thinking that every strong new engine that comes out is based on Rybka :roll:.
That is also my wish. I get the impression that some people who "suddenly" see a "new strong engine" appearing are ignoring that the predecessor of Stockfish, Glaurung by Tord Romstad, was already a very strong engine with completely original source code. Claiming anything different from that would be a slap in the face for Tord. The improvements of Stockfish over Glaurung are significant indeed but nevertheless we are talking about improvements on an already-world-class level.

Also I propose to have a precise look at rating lists like CCRL, there everyone can read about the playing strength of various Glaurung and Stockfish versions.

Finally, as far as I remember a major part of the Stockfish development had already started long before IP* sources appeared on the net. And (Glaurung and) Stockfish sources are 100% transparent.

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Uri Blass wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Graham Banks wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote: It's about time Vasik and the people around him stop making a mockery out of us....we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
Dr.D
It's about time that the anonymous cowards hiding behind Robber reveal who they really are........we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
I totaly agree....I am not taking their side in no way and I am not saying that they're as white as snow....but at least they don't point fingers like Vasik whenever a strong enough chess engine appears at the horizon....
Dr.D
I did not see Vasik claim something negative against stockfish.He never claimed that stockfish has rybka's code and I guess he is not going to do it even if stockfish become better than rybka3 after Dann Corbit's changes(I do not know if this is the case).

Uri
_He didn't,his sectarians did....

_Don't be so sure about that....once a person starts to lie and decieve people,he usualy never stops....

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M ANSARI wrote:Where did Vas say anything about Stockfish? I am not aware of anything posted by him that mentions Stockfish.
He didn't Majd,I was not quoting him....but his followers did at the Rybka forum....
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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Guenther wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
Graham Banks wrote:
Dr.Wael Deeb wrote: It's about time Vasik and the people around him stop making a mockery out of us....we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
Dr.D
It's about time that the anonymous cowards hiding behind Robber reveal who they really are........we are well educated and sane people for God's sake :!: :!:
I totaly agree....I am not taking their side in no way and I am not saying that they're as white as snow....but at least they don't point fingers like Vasik whenever a strong enough chess engine appears at the horizon....
Dr.D
I don't see where you agree with Graham?

Guenther
I will answer you with a little lecture....

There are two kinds of truth pal....There's the obvious truth.The sky is blue.The grass is green.
And then there is the Intangible.The one that requires one's faith to be true.Can't be conclusively proven or refuted.This is the truth of religion and conspiracy theories.
Now after this brief lecture,what kind of truth Vasik's is do you think :?:
....
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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:
M ANSARI wrote:Where did Vas say anything about Stockfish? I am not aware of anything posted by him that mentions Stockfish.
He didn't Majd,I was not quoting him....but his followers did at the Rybka forum....
Dr.D
Yeah - it's in poor taste to start mudslinging at Stockfish. Marco, Joona and Tord were already making noticeable gains well before the Rybka (Robber) code was published.
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Realy, and is 250 elo possible to achieve in a matter of 2 days
First Marco released a 100 elo strong version, than Dan make a 150 elo stronger Stockfish, with just a tip of their fingers....
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Damir wrote:Realy, and is 250 elo possible to achieve in a matter of 2 days
First Marco released a 100 elo strong version, than Dan make a 150 elo stronger Stockfish, with just a tip of their fingers....
The magic is in the original design of Glaurung! When there is a solid base from which to work, improvements are easier to come by and worth more. Add 250 points of improvements to a poorly designed and/or buggy program and improvement is hard to come by.
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