By Chess Coach William Stewart Original article on the Frtiz Chess Cheating Scandal The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) released a public statement on June 28, 2011 declaring the ultra-strong computer chess program Rybka guilty of plagiarism, specifically alleging...
Fritz 11
System requirements: Pentium III 1.4 GHz or higher, 256 MB RAM, Windows XP or Windows Vista, GeForce5 or compatible graphics card with 128 MB RAM or higher, 100% DirectX compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 9, DVD ROM drive....
Man + ? = Machine
Deep Blue defeated Kasparov. Hydra slaughtered Adams 5.5 – 0.5. Fritz defeated Kramnik with human having access to opening database and with special endgame tablebase conditions. Rybka defeated Ehlvest with machine having limited opening book and human having 6...
Rybka, Junior, Fritz and others
For those of you who use or have used a number of these programs, could you share with all the readers about the differences between them? What do you perceive as the strengths and weaknesses of each program? Which...
Fritz 1/2 Junior
Deep Fritz(C) – Deep Junior(C) [D45]Elista, Kalmykia Russia 06.06.2007 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Qe7 15.Be3 Rfe8...
Fritz vs. Junior – Which will reign supreme?
The Deep Fritz versus Deep Junior match will start today. Which do you pick to win? And how will they compare to Rybka? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Machine vs. Machine in Elista
June 6 – June 12, Elista President’s Cup Computer vs. Computer The opponents are the reigning computer chess world champion Deep Junior and the winner of the 2006 match against the human world champion Vladimir Kramnik, Deep Fritz. The...
Match of the year!
Fact Sheet (Source: FIDE.com) TITLE: The Ultimate Computer Chess ChallengeEVENT: President’s Cup Computer vs. ComputerSPONSOR: President Kirsan IlyumzhinovPRESENTER: Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)SANCTIONED BY: Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) President: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov International Computer Games Association (ICGA) President: David...