I see, that's interesting. I ran two games against Rybka 2.3.2a and Stockfish 14 lost the first one but won this one. It had the black king and rook trapped in the corner.lkaufman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:56 pmYes, I think it was Rybka version 2.3 that adopted my ideas about how to simplify when winning (and avoid simplification when losing), so the version 2.2n2 was just prior to this. That would explain why it missed 4...e5! which should force a queen trade or else win a pawn. 1.e4 is actually a mistake at b1 knight odds due to this variation.Chessqueen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:25 pmBut Rybka does not know how to take advantage of an extra piece by trading down like most humans IMs and GMs can play better than Rybka with an extra pieceJohnW wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 4:05 pm I just watched Stockfish 14 beat Rybka 2.2n2 with knight odds at 10+5 time controls. I believe Rybka 2.2n2 is rated just under 3000.
[pgn][Event "Knights Odd game"]
[Date "2021.08.07"]
[White "Stockfish 14"]
[Black "Rybka 2.2n2 mp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/600+5"]
[Time "09:58:21"]
[Termination "mate"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. e4 {-7.23/31 30663 158098648} d5 {-1.67/17 22553 16716176} 2. exd5 {-7.09/27 5267 26815348} Qxd5 {-1.95/15 12920 9930255}
3. Nf3 {-7.08/37 38630 200021478} Nc6 {-2.06/15 6258 3883173} 4. d4 {-7.02/28 5746 31054379} Bf5 {-2.10/16 22024 14671712}
5. c4 {-6.46/27 8195 40973626} Qe4+ {-2.00/17 23584 16421234} 6. Be2 {-6.40/29 8176 42558414} e6 {-1.98/17 16841 10128350}
7. O-O {-5.91/26 7690 40499540} Nf6 {-1.95/16 18681 13769879} 8. Be3 {-6.00/27 9664 52558262} Ng4 {-1.94/17 37528 23378904}
9. Qb3 {-6.46/30 24556 130577049} O-O-O {-2.01/17 15383 9482248} 10. Rac1 {-6.07/29 20017 107321317} Be7 {-2.04/15 31192 19853221}
11. Rfd1 {-5.74/31 7016 38369845} Nxe3 {-2.06/16 26133 16675886} 12. fxe3 {-6.07/33 16468 93013034} Bf6 {-2.33/15 18233 14462389}
13. Kh1 {-5.48/29 48089 248876227} a6 {-2.39/16 19109 13767935} 14. Re1 {-4.85/31 30185 153947943} Bg6 {-2.26/17 13231 6915766}
15. Qa3 {-5.20/28 13325 63950722} Qf5 {-2.40/15 17145 12417096} 16. b4 {-3.81/26 11120 53462125} Kb8 {-2.27/17 23600 14634565}
17. b5 {-2.67/33 80667 417190311} axb5 {-2.06/17 19958 14033672} 18. cxb5 {-4.15/31 42693 232417029} Ne7 {-2.24/18 20346 15283979}
19. Rc4 {-3.20/33 9142 49144034} Nd5 {-2.29/17 5623 3807837} 20. Rec1 {-3.14/33 8602 46338775} Be7 {-2.12/18 61536 48522734}
21. Qa5 {-2.69/32 10061 54453692} Bd6 {-1.15/19 60108 43545863} 22. Ra4 {-2.64/32 9210 51151565} Kc8 {-1.03/18 9255 7041013}
23. Ne5 {-2.50/32 13083 72087045} Bxe5 {-1.03/19 26060 18084051} 24. b6 {-3.00/32 17113 94159667} Kd7 {-1.06/17 10544 4850549}
25. dxe5 {-3.30/32 15847 86062392} cxb6 {-1.20/18 11098 9661230} 26. Qa7 {+0.00/42 10461 59074324} Rb8 {-1.54/18 8166 9266147}
27. Re4 {+0.00/46 12262 69529357} f6 {-0.20/18 10554 10246091} 28. Qa3 {+0.00/48 12684 70216651} Ke8 {-0.22/19 11230 10999143}
29. Qd6 {+0.00/51 11540 65022807} Kf7 {-0.13/19 17110 15398947} 30. Rf4 {+0.00/52 12844 71640669} Rhd8 {+0.00/19 14229 11282740}
31. Rc7+ {+0.00/53 14534 80966296} Nxc7 {+0.00/21 15576 13867876} 32. Qxc7+ {+0.57/35 13616 77005913} Kg8 {+0.00/21 13250 10061384}
33. exf6 {+0.82/36 22550 130905626} Qb1+ {+0.00/21 26992 24611576} 34. Rf1 {+0.74/37 16482 95791518} Qxf1+ {+0.02/19 22048 20477191}
35. Bxf1 {+0.58/34 1523 9710203} gxf6 {+0.02/19 3634 3083978} 36. h3 {+0.65/36 24025 139906939} Rdc8 {+0.17/18 18512 15429046}
37. Qd6 {+0.75/38 22188 129229044} Bf7 {+0.00/20 15483 15563863} 38. a4 {+0.42/41 71007 408604102} Rd8 {+0.04/19 11322 8528708}
39. Qe7 {+0.50/40 42413 252115542} Kg7 {+0.08/17 9321 6613036} 40. Kh2 {+0.42/33 4033 25341796} e5 {+0.11/18 10767 6561089}
41. Bc4 {+0.97/36 42106 240754241} Rf8 {+0.14/17 4781 3882375} 42. Bb5 {+0.84/38 13858 77135209} h5 {+0.29/18 28027 18025068}
43. Qc7 {+0.88/39 44562 262917758} Rfc8 {+0.30/19 19887 12990479} 44. Qd6 {+0.73/41 39114 237030113} Ra8 {+0.32/18 28229 20764086}
45. Qxb6 {+1.40/34 9513 58309152} Bd5 {+0.35/19 6581 4447077} 46. Qd6 {+1.36/38 12342 75334860} Bf7 {+0.38/19 4975 3173638}
47. Qe7 {+1.32/40 28671 170664391} Rab8 {+0.46/19 20856 12957672} 48. a5 {+1.30/40 13166 81061117} Ra8 {+0.44/21 25235 22313868}
49. Be2 {+1.26/42 28340 171102728} Rxa5 {+0.55/21 22540 15432341} 50. Bxh5 {+1.25/42 18966 114402863} Rf8 {+0.56/19 4523 5710544}
51. Qb4 {+1.23/43 13695 87424254} Ra7 {+0.48/17 18119 14967791} 52. Qg4+ {+1.32/38 33080 201779852} Kh6 {+0.05/18 3872 3815968}
53. Qb4 {+1.31/41 11114 68370759} Kg7 {+0.00/25 6249 3208449} 54. Bf3 {+1.25/41 19318 120431823} b5 {+0.47/17 23464 18536833}
55. Qxb5 {+1.34/41 14729 90437562} Rc8 {+0.51/17 18670 14068624} 56. Qb6 {+1.33/41 12932 81140681} Ra4 {+0.50/20 30802 26314865}
57. Be2 {+1.33/42 13141 81595521} Rca8 {+0.47/18 29590 23643612} 58. Bd1 {+1.35/41 18869 116219615} Ra3 {+0.51/18 47455 32276199}
59. Qb7 {+1.36/38 15369 94873036} Rh8 {+0.47/18 21532 18298205} 60. Qf3 {+1.37/43 18983 116767006} Bg6 {+0.48/18 15762 12895663}
61. Qg3 {+1.37/38 14057 88184532} Kh6 {+0.56/17 20137 17661189} 62. Be2 {+1.44/39 35710 217433774} Rb3 {+0.58/17 31821 25197117}
63. Qf3 {+1.52/40 22092 135839344} Kg7 {+0.64/18 23921 17804202} 64. Bc4 {+1.42/42 23726 145087414} Rb2 {+0.73/19 22701 16751008}
65. Qc6 {+2.08/38 24560 150250774} Bf7 {+0.69/19 16016 14670613} 66. Qc7 {+1.93/44 78759 479043525} Rf8 {+0.69/19 4359 5418064}
67. Qd7 {+2.04/40 8889 55022467} Rbb8 {+0.77/20 29372 25519725} 68. Be6 {+2.00/40 12842 79295393} Rbd8 {+0.85/21 20075 17025527}
69. Qc7 {+2.73/33 15423 100252159} Rd3 {+0.85/20 4508 5288504} 70. h4 {+4.27/29 10873 75792863} Rxe3 {+2.14/20 20643 19045338}
71. h5 {+5.47/28 14066 108429796} Re4 {+4.37/22 33619 36066677} 72. Kg3 {+6.09/28 11559 94863218} Re3+ {+4.45/23 19540 18585608}
73. Kf2 {+7.04/30 20216 164337940} Rd3 {+4.45/24 28474 31262934} 74. Qe7 {+9.03/28 14173 126948933} Rdd8 {+5.27/24 22383 24416358}
75. Bf5 {+11.95/29 11720 107393540} Rh8 {+5.27/24 20325 19555231} 76. h6+ {+14.23/31 12996 123092847} Rxh6 {+5.40/25 18966 23173038}
77. Qxd8 {+58.49/39 14244 122227105} Rh8 {+5.40/24 19697 25884293} 78. Qc7 {+59.69/40 11825 106037463} Ra8 {+5.40/24 20062 29914375}
79. Be4 {+60.12/38 10178 90385052} Re8 {+6.70/21 16444 21525767} 80. g4 {+60.24/39 8211 74267443} Kg8 {+6.35/21 14100 21166255}
81. Kg3 {M+33/41 35693 374232505} Kf8 {+11.20/21 14086 21235877} 82. g5 {M+13/52 14684 156733836} f5 {M-20/20 25965 56707725}
83. Bxf5 {M+11/79 18249 172875118} Bb3 {M-19/15 7266 15697063} 84. g6 {M+9/80 17405 170791822} e4 {M-14/11 562 1176042}
85. Kg4 {M+7/118 17682 245439292} e3 {M-13/9 51 81715} 86. Kg5 {M+6/175 24130 271920989} Re7 {M-8/8 24 21957}
87. Qd8+ {M+5/245 2027 25553538} Re8 {M-10/6 10 6951} 88. Qf6+ {M+4/245 44 553130} Kg8 {M-4/3 10 341}
89. Kh6 {M+3/245 34 111613} Re7 {M-3/3 10 199} 90. g7 {M+2/245 32 48207} Bd1 {M-1/3 10 65}
91. Bh7# {M+1/245 30 28433} 1-0
[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "Knight odds"]
[Date "2021.08.07"]
[White "Stockfish 14"]
[Black "Rybka 2.3.2a mp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/600+5"]
[Time "19:42:58"]
[Termination "mate"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 8"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. e4 {-7.00/30 19938 104780637} g6 {-1.74/17 25731 22115218} 2. d4 {-7.00/30 19478 96801458} d5 {-1.66/16 19989 17433824}
3. e5 {-6.84/29 10911 54033146} c5 {-1.73/17 14777 13449754} 4. dxc5 {-7.00/32 48009 240354899} Nc6 {-1.77/17 9794 8447379}
5. Nf3 {-7.06/31 5935 31598524} Bg7 {-1.82/16 5258 4601339} 6. Be2 {-6.85/32 8905 48740030} Nxe5 {-2.03/15 8445 7698535}
7. Nxe5 {-6.41/29 11455 59050619} Bxe5 {-2.21/17 10071 9930562} 8. O-O {-6.47/28 17035 89498450} Qc7 {-2.39/15 6571 6222465}
9. Re1 {-6.46/30 10320 54555128} Nf6 {-2.57/15 6741 6065562} 10. Bb5+ {-6.35/31 25056 139552851} Kf8 {-2.74/16 11264 10055139}
11. Bh6+ {-6.38/29 13494 73893716} Kg8 {-2.78/11 10} 12. h3 {-6.61/29 11032 60511527} Bxb2 {-3.27/16 2756 2396758}
13. Rb1 {-7.07/33 31335 181190576} Bc3 {-3.34/16 6459 6035850} 14. Re3 {-7.00/33 9592 55391469} d4 {-3.52/17 22737 22726330}
15. Rxc3 {-6.05/29 13677 79538718} dxc3 {-3.55/18 5185 5341769} 16. Qd4 {-5.96/33 37954 222869883} Be6 {-3.64/17 20962 20095660}
17. Ba4 {-6.39/36 100104 596594560} Bxa2 {-3.94/17 10425 8717199} 18. Rd1 {-6.30/30 6694 41048415} Be6 {-3.96/16 7980 7512048}
19. g4 {-7.01/34 68443 444644286} Rc8 {-4.07/16 3225 2256781} 20. g5 {-6.39/35 35791 218494738} Nh5 {-4.48/14 2854 2280871}
21. Bb5 {-6.66/33 8167 50472953} Bxh3 {-4.47/16 2569 2264790} 22. Qxc3 {-6.86/34 16361 104661027} Bg4 {-4.60/15 6204 5614162}
23. Rd4 {-7.14/35 26455 171498914} a6 {-4.63/16 3028 2896440} 24. Bc4 {-7.38/38 60013 389753080} Bf5 {-4.67/17 44459 45010124}
25. Be2 {-5.24/28 4300 26522793} e5 {-4.93/14 7594 6857098} 26. Rd5 {-5.33/34 8581 55088724} Re8 {-4.26/13 10 162}
27. Bxh5 {-5.55/35 10622 67033347} gxh5 {-4.33/11 10 45} 28. Qf3 {-5.48/37 6867 44604189} Qc8 {-4.22/21 11349 8499388}
29. Kh2 {-5.15/34 9437 61872542} a5 {-4.67/22 22219 17812618} 30. c6 {-4.11/32 27206 173893261} bxc6 {-4.85/17 5284 4919014}
31. Rxa5 {-2.92/30 5717 39133447} Qe6 {-5.02/19 16616 14672779} 32. Qa3 {-3.15/32 11569 76291005} Qc4 {-5.58/16 17401 14028581}
33. Ra8 {+0.00/32 7669 70940016} Qf4+ {-5.23/15 25677 22199049} 34. Kg1 {+0.00/49 7579 50185199} Bc8 {-5.22/15 24034 20527939}
35. Qd6 {+0.00/46 11582 86838114} Qg4+ {-5.01/19 19859 17181087} 36. Kh2 {+0.00/48 24692 176360393} c5 {-4.44/24 54679 41583067}
37. Qf6 {+0.00/51 8499 53368628} Qf4+ {-4.44/25 12571 8169508} 38. Kg1 {+0.00/56 19588 119184871} Qxf6 {-4.43/26 17917 11191340}
39. gxf6 {+0.00/45 5005 58651837} Bd7 {-4.51/26 11203 6673678} 40. Ra7 {+0.00/46 7913 77764747} Bf5 {-4.47/25 29523 17461876}
41. c3 {+0.00/51 16317 132379397} Be6 {-3.95/20 12691 7403871} 42. Kh2 {+0.00/45 14269 154188436} Rd8 {-3.44/21 11548 7690651}
43. Kg3 {+0.00/42 15850 195177552} e4 {-2.72/21 14652 9308240} 44. Ra5 {+0.17/40 13204 144770612} Rc8 {-2.39/24 15771 10229476}
45. Kh4 {+0.34/41 15321 175653726} Bg4 {-2.09/26 16929 9698513} 46. Kg5 {+1.10/34 17833 202621759} Bd7 {-1.76/27 23945 15556873}
47. Kxh5 {+4.43/35 14145 152322261} Bf5 {-1.76/29 18854 12806662} 48. Kg5 {+6.24/37 20520 233094596} Bg6 {-1.24/29 21140 13242512}
49. c4 {+9.84/32 24909 302203042} e3 {+0.00/31 23466 15149790} 50. fxe3 {+11.41/35 16336 211692324} Bb1 {+2.49/32 169108 146250137}
51. Kf4 {M+22/65 14651 216447359} Re8 {+4.99/30 132159 110782054} 52. Rxc5 {M+16/85 15516 139247948} Re4+ {+4.99/28 103576 90125107}
53. Kf3 {M+15/88 15157 139794900} Re8 {+5.12/24 30742 34964043} 54. Kf2 {M+14/95 20069 187669651} Bg6 {+5.12/18 7567 6879633}
55. Rd5 {M+12/98 16212 155276712} Rc8 {+5.12/17 5396 5115961} 56. Re5 {M+9/95 21269 234734024} Rd8 {+5.12/18 15403 17486059}
57. c5 {M+8/131 16539 243344169} Ra8 {+5.12/16 5499 7385179} 58. c6 {M+7/159 20100 243939496} Ra2+ {M-16/13 3312 3485794}
59. Kg3 {M+6/245 11132 103435879} Ra8 {M-15/12 286 385716} 60. c7 {M+5/245 319 3658916} Rf8 {M-11/11 148 186788}
61. Rd5 {M+3/245 43 591643} Bc2 {M-3/6 15 12126} 62. Rd8 {M+2/245 25 46253} Rxd8 {M-1/3 10 64}
63. cxd8=Q# {M+1/245 23 20595} 1-0
[/pgn]