[BrianWall-ChessList] Andy Rea about Rybka wins 2007 World Computer Chess Championship

[Brian Wall]

----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:22:23 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com>


   I knew Vas from his playing days in Michigan in the 90s, before he moved to
Budapest and then invented Rybka- Ben Feingold kept getting in the way of Vas
winning a lot of events!  I played Vas twice, lost twice, not even close either
game, and in one of the games he busted the Wachsberg Variation without really
knowing the theory- the Wachsberg being a line in the French so obscure its not
even in the Psakhis book  (1. e4 e6  2. d4 d5  3. Nc3 Bb4  4. e5 Bd7?!!?)   Only
Stefan Buecker seems able to score regularly with this, but occaisionally this-
or similar version- makes an appearance by GMs, for example, when Ivanchuk
needed a win with Black in his 8th and final match game at Linares vs Anand, he
found a favorable version of this opening (private match, 1991ish)  and nearly
won.....  yes, 5.Qg4 is strongest, then Black has a choice of sac with ..Ne7,
or defend with 5...g6 (Buecker's preference, gaping holes be damned)   or
defend with 5...Kf8.   SInce WHite gets an
 attack in most lines of the French, Black shouldnt be too bothered about
...Kf8, IMHO, just be ready to tip the KIng if White finds the right plan- as a
hint, he should not be worried about tripled pawns in the ending if the Rook
lift Ra1-b1-b3-Kside does some damage....
       I havent seen Vas in a few years, but I am guessing he is the same
friendly dude as before Rybka fame     with the competitive bones to still
chase after chess glory!

Andy Rea
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Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> wrote:
  The only Chess entity, man or machine, rated 3,000 went undefeated with 9 wins
and 2 draws. Check out move 64, giving up an entire rook but seeing 19 moves
ahead in all directions. What technique! It would take an awful lot of
calculation and confidence for a human to risk that. I did an ICC webcast last
year with Vasik Railich, Rybka's inventor, a brilliant, fast-thinking creative
guy. Rybka was playing both sides of the Najdorf.

[Event "15th World Computer Chess Championship"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2007.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "GridChess"]
[Black "Rybka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Opocensky variation"]
[ECO "B92"]
[NIC "SI.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Be3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Ne5
15. a5 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Ng5 17. Nb6 Ne6 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Bg3 Qc7 20. c3 Rfe8 21.
Nd4 Ng5 22. Rad1 Ne4 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 d5 27.
Nxd5 Bg5 28. Rff1 Nd2 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Nb6 Re1 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Rxe1 Bxe1
33. Nd7 Rc8 34. Bb3 Bd2 35. h3 Re8 36. Kh2 Bf4+ 37. g3 Bd6 38. Be6 Bc8 39.
Bg4 Rd8 40. Nb6 Bxg4 41. hxg4 Bc5 42. Nb3 Bxb6 43. axb6 Rb8 44. Nd4 Rxb6 45.
b3 Rg6 46. Kg2 Rxg4 47. Kf3 h5 48. Nc6 Rg5 49. b4 Kg8 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Nd8+
Kf6 52. Nc6 Ke6 53. Nb8 a5 54. bxa5 Rc5 55. Na6 Rxa5 56. Nb4 Ra3 57. c4 Rc3
58. Kf1 Rxg3 59. Nc2 Rc3 60. Nd4+ Ke5 61. Nc6+ Kf4 62. Ke2 Rxc4 63. Nd8 Rc2+
64. Kd3 Rd2+ 65. Kxd2 Kf3 66. Ke1 Kg2 67. Ne6 h4 68. Nf4+ Kf3 69. Ne2 h3 70.
Kf1 h2 71. Nd4+ Kg3 72. Ne2+ Kh3 73. Nf4+ Kg4 74. Kg2 Kxf4 75. Kh1 Kf3 76.
Kxh2 g5 77. Kh3 g4+ 78. Kh2 Kf2 79. Kh1 Kg3 80. Kg1 Kh3 81. Kf2 Kh2 82. Ke3
g3 83. Kf3 g2 84. Ke4 g1=Q 85. Kd5 Kg3 86. Kc4 Qb6 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. Kc4 Qc6+
89. Kd3 Qa4 90. Kc3 Ke3 91. Kb2 Kd3 92. Kb1 Kc3 93. Kc1 Qc2# {Black wins}
0-1
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