INTERNATIONAL
PADERBORN COMPUTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2005
Final
standings IPCCC 2005 |
||||
1 |
Rybka |
USA |
5½ |
27 |
2 |
Gandalf |
DEN |
4½ |
29½ |
3 |
Zappa |
USA |
4½ |
28½ |
4 |
Spike |
GER |
4½ |
25½ |
5 |
Shredder |
GER |
4½ |
22½ |
6 |
Fruit |
FRA |
4 |
21½ |
7 |
Ikarus |
GER |
3½ |
29 |
8 |
Jonny |
GER |
3½ |
21½ |
9 |
SOS |
GER |
3 |
21 |
10 |
Argonaut |
GER |
2 |
23½ |
11 |
Isichess |
GER |
1½ |
21½ |
12 |
Neurologic |
GER |
1 |
23 |
The birth of one
little fish.
In
the beginning of December 2005 computer chess community met with surprise, the
program Rybka. It was very astonishing when this engine that nobody had heard of
before, had suddenly started to take a clear lead in every major computer
rating list. The question how strong is really this new beta program was asked
in all computer chess forums. This had happened only few weeks before a very
prestigious computer chess event International Paderborn Computer
Chess Championship.
The
champion of 7 round Swiss…
Of
course to prove which program is the best it is not enough to play 7 rounds like
in Paderborn, but lets face it, it happens quite often that “rating lists based
on statistics” are ignored or forgotten because it is much more fun to watch
who win a one time event, but very prestigious and strong one. Even if it
happens that a “weak” engine win such an event with a lot of luck (very low
probability), so be it – we like to call it a Champion J.
Let’s
join the great company!
In
the last minute Rybka and Zappa entered the tournament but Hydra Paderborn
winner from last the year had to withdrew cause of technical reasons. It was
not clear to the end who will win the championship, this time there was
Shredder and Fruit, the two strongest programs from rating lists and of course
Zappa with its fabulous hardware which let this engine won:
Computer
World Champion in Reykjavik in 2005.
How
dare you bet against your own engine Vasik?
After
Rybka Beta version had lost in the second round due to rather unclear and
interesting pawn sacrifice
(see:
comments by GM Bartlomiej Macieja)
and had to win last four rounds to take clear first place, her creator Vasik
Rajlich took 5$ bet there is no way she can win tournament at that point… and
he gladly lost his money to me J.
The key game was played in 4th round - Rybka against Zappa, which was
the fastest engine in the tournament and in the world because it played on 128
processors! Rybka sacrificed a pawn and got a very quiet position, so high
speed could not save Zappa from losing
(see: comments
by GM Piotr Bobras).
In
a style of drunk glorious Word Champ.
Funny,
Rybka did sacrifice pawns in this tournament like former Word Champion Michal
Tal: in very original way, very often and not always completely soundly, but
somehow it worked out in the end in her favor. “She” I mean “little fish” had
serious problems in the last round against Ikarus and objectively speaking
should have been lost this game and as a result of that tied for first place
with 4 other engines, but Ikarus was too “impatient” when having two pawns more
and Rybka manage to got excellent conterplay in the rook against two knights
endgame (see: comments by GM Wlodzimierz
Schmidt).
A
flattering conclusion J
It
looks like International Paderborn Computer Chess Championschip
was
an excellent start of equally excellent carrier of Rybka engine J
!
RYBKA EXCLUSIVE COMMENTED
GAMES!
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Report by WGM Iweta Radziewicz
Budapest, June 2006