Chess News: Rybka defeats all
A new, much stronger version of the Rybka chess engine appeared this month. The announcement that the 1.0 beta version was 90 to 150 Elo stronger than Shredder 9 was greeted with some understandable skepticism. However, based on engine vs engine tests, it is clearly the strongest chess program to date. Here's the summary of Kurt's tests:
25.5-24.5 (51 %) vs Toga II 1.1 27.5-22.5 (55 %) vs Fruit 2.2.1 28.5-21.5 (57 %) vs Fritz 9 32.5-17.5 (65 %) vs Ruffian 2.1.0 33.0-17.0 (66 %) vs Spike 1.0a Mainz 34.0-16.0 (68 %) vs Junior 9 34.0-16.0 (68 %) vs Shredder 9 UCI !! 35.0-15.0 (70 %) VS Loop List 600 35.5-14.5 (71 %) vs Gandalf 6.0 36.0-14.0 (72 %) vs Hiarcs 9 38.0-12.0 (76 %) vs The King 3.33 !!
A more featureful and bug tested version will be released today.