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Rybka 2.1 & Chess openings 2006 2006 Price ˆ 48,96 System requirements: IBM-PC compatible computer, 128 Mb RAM, 1 Gb free of space on hard disk, CD-ROM, Windows 2000/NT/XP .Language versions: English, Spanish, German, French and Italian The time that Fritz was the best chess engine in the world is no more,Rybka sports an impressive Elo rating from more than 3000 and that is a 150-200 points higher than any Shredder or Fritz engine. His secret lays its unique algorithms and revolutionary technology for move selection and is created by the brilliant developer and International chess master Vasik Rajlich from Hungary . On http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasik_Rajlich I found the following information about Vasik Rajlich Born in 1971 in Cleveland , Ohio , is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, a strong chess playing program. Rajlich is a Czech-American and saw first light in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew up in Prague . He later spent many years in the United States as a student. At the present he lives with his wife Iweta (nee Radziewicz) in Budapest , Hungary . Iweta, who is also an International Master in chess, helps him with the development of Rybka. The power of Rybka lays in his human touch of the game and it is quite astounding that Vasik Rajlich has managed to create this chess monster in a time period of a small three years,he started programming in 2003! So lays the secret from Rajlich in his human approach of chess programming? Of is it the matter of playing strength of the chess programmer, usually programmers, please excuse me that I say this but programmers are usually not the strongest chess players. Rybka does not come with a own interface but is packed in this Chess Openings 2006 program from Convekta. This program is created on the basis of the Chess Assistant interface but it is a completely stand-alone database program. So this version of Rybka and can not be used in conjunction with with other database programs at least I could not get it going in CA9.Users wishing to interface their Rybka in the Fritz environment should purchase the Rybka 2.1 UCI which I handle below. Chess openings encyclopaedia 2006 covers an impressive files from over 1049930 entries, 8000 annotations and 500,000 expert evaluations, which means that this CD offers more openings information than any printed chess book. Many chess players use this program as openings guide for the search of the best possible move, special with the help of the included cap files and easy go throw openings tables. Chess openings 2006 is able to enter and annotate games, there are even superb utilities as ,edit and multi variation analyses but it is not possible to open with this program new game databases. Included are two future internet updates from Rybka plus this program includes a interface to play chess at the Internet Chess Club! Conclusion: A strong analytical chess package! |