The handicap match between Rybka and GM Roman Dzindzichashvili ended in a 4-4 tie. Roman had White in all 8 games as well as a pawn advantage. In each game, the computer would give a different pawn odd.
Here are the game by game results (To see the game score, click on the result of each game)
Game 1: draw
Game 2: Rybka lost
Game 3: Rybka won
Game 4: Rybka won
Game 5: draw
Game 6: draw
Game 7: Rybka lost
Game 8: draw
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
It’s sad that humans need so much handicap.
It is sad when an innocent family is killed by a drunk driver.
It is sad when a 3 year old child has Leukemia.
It is sad when people who hate throw stones at someone because of their skin color.
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Rybka’s author is probably pleased with his result. Our GM friend is probably pleased with his result. I fail to see the sadness you speak of.
This is an exhibition, not a matter of life and death.
Please Bobby Reincarnate and rescue humanity from this cyborg.
not only this is a handicap (1 pawn + black side), but the computer cannot recite openings (because the pawn handicap) … maybe 450 elo handicap or more.
The opening book disadvantage applies to the human player ass well. I doubt he has a lot of book knowledge about those initial positions
Some typos are funny 🙂
This GM is an idiot for :
a)Not beating the engine under such a big handicap terms
b)Accepting to play at all given the terms
He’s a money short or what?
How much money did he get to play
this match?
“How much money did he get to play
this match?”
Oh, about 15 Euros, a few used copies of Chess Life, and a years supply of Rice-a-Roni “The San Fransisco treat!”
In response to claims that a GM is stupid… You try playing him :-p.
This was a really interesting match, both from the level of computational game theory, and also on the level of human chess. I certainly watched it closely and was glad to see both the satisfactory result and also that the games themselves were interesting. I fail to see why a grandmaster shouldn’t agree to play under handicap circumstances… Handicaps can make for a very interesting game where otherwise there would be none. So a Goliath of silicon and copper can win against any human alive… What of it? That has been true in checkers for 15 years, of algebra for 45, and of steelwork since the days of John Henry. That doesn’t mean these are no longer worthwhile human pursuits…
Only Kramnik can have chance against todays computers without handicaps. If he had not made a blind move and got mated one of his games against Fritz 10 he would surely draw the match. But he played risky in last game because he was back and lost it. So for me Kramnik lost only because of human weakness that is being “carefulless” but his games were very incredible and his strategy was awesome! He played head to head with that so called “chess monster”.
Kramnik was using his toilet too much. No fair.