GM Roman Dzindzichashvili's Back for a Rematch with Rybka 3

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Larry Kaufman Wrote:


As some of you may recall, after Rybka drew a match 4-4 with GM Roman Dzindzichashvili at odds of each of the eight pawns in turn, plus the White pieces in every game, we agreed to a tiebreaker match of four games at the even larger handicap of the f7 pawn every game, but at a faster time limit (25'+10"). Unfortunately Roman became ill right around the start of the match and we stopped the match after Rybka won three straight games as Roman grew sicker by the hour. It took him about a week to recover.

Anyway he's feeling okay now, and has returned to chess competition with a victory in the South Carolina Open. We agreed today to redo the aborted playoff match, but in view of the further improvement in Rybka since then to set the time limit at 30'+20", only marginally faster than the limit in the earlier eight game match. He will receive a $200 fee plus $50 per point scored.

The match is set for Monday July 28 at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (5 p.m. in Central Europe), with the other games starting at two hour intervals. I expect that by July 28 I will have the final version of Rybka 3 (maybe not in the new GUI, but that won't matter for this match), so this should be the first public display of the new program in action. I'll post information about where the match will be covered when I learn it.
Aside from the longer time limit, Roman might benefit from reviewing the four games he's played with Rybka at this handicap (three from the playoff, one from the original match) as well as the four games of FM Meyer at pawn and three move odds. Can the improvements in Rybka in the four months since the first match offset the increased handicap and Roman's greater experience with handicap play now? We shall see.

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