Talk:Vasik Rajlich

old talk
The notion of Rybka (which I proudly owns) being the best computer-chess program is a disputed one. This is probably what I would think myself, but there are people who do not believe so, and we have to do them justice, and state that 'Rybka is one of the strongest publically available chess programs'. Rybka is too new (one year in August 2006) in the computer chess scene to state that it is the best program. The notion of a program being good at chess is very relative. Anand for example prefers Hiarcs over Rybka for his analysis of the game, because Hiarcs move are more natural than those produced by Rybka. Strength may be loosely relative to 'goodness' or 'soundness' of the moves, I may agree on that. But than, to prove that Rybka is the best chess playing program, it would have to play in tournaments where top human and computer programs are involved, and consistently perform better than the other programs, or at least get a higher ELO. It would only be in this case that one could say that 'Rybka is the best computer program' (as we say now that Topalov is rated as the best chess player on Earth, in August 2006). Strong statements as these should only be written in Wikipedia when the claim cannot be contested. Which is not the case (yet!). Hope this helps to explain why I think it's best to maintain the sentence that says that Rybka is one of the best computer chess programs.


 * Rybka is THE STRONGEST computer chess program in the world:
 * http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=1376


 * Actually Houdini is significantly stronger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.163.255.2 (talk) 17:29, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * And there's no disagreement about it: . GregorB 15:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

all of the sources are at least 2.5 years old, which is a long time in computer chess. The most recent SSDF list has Rybka at #1, but within the margin of error of being second, and furthermore, it doesn't include engines like Firebird which are stronger than Rybka at least in some circumstances. I've changed it back to "one of the strongest" chess playing programs. 83.70.240.153 (talk) 14:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

King's Gambit busted
About that bust to the King's gambit, I'm pretty sure it's just one of chessbase's April fool's day pranks. As a chess player and a computer expert, I have to tell you that the technology to carry out that kind of computation does not exist.

In particular, note that Rajlich claims to have used a "non-deterministic Turing machine" in calculations. Such a machine is a theoretical mathematical model; It could indeed solve chess in the blink of an eye, but it can't be constructed in the physical universe. 79.179.30.129 (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Is Vasik Czech born?
According to this discussion Vasic was not born in the US: http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5829&sid=5c89be869db8e88ad5df0c1ce2057cd1

Vasik was born in 1971 in Cleveland in the US to the Czech parents; he is a dual US/Czech citizen by birth.

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The Libel Continues
I just posted a reply on the RYBKA discussion board about the disqualification issue. Between the ICGA web page (they have a moving banner lol), the RYBKA board, and now on this guy's personal website, I sure hope the ICGA is ready for a lawsuit for libel. A big one too since his product is commercial. It is clear that they are trying to effect the greatest level of damage to this person and his reputation. The Banning issue itself is over 60% of the actual words written about him in the article...lol! I highly recommend Wikipedia not get involved in this issue as Libelous content is banned from Wikipedia, even the perception of it when it comes to living people. Take Care. BinaryLust (talk) 23:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh honey. It's only libel if it's false. And this has been a long time coming. As soon as Vas started blacklisting other engines and claiming they were Rybka clones, he set the stage for his utter destruction.


 * So no. It's not libel. It's not slander. It's just truth that was a long time coming in defense of libel committed by Vasik himself.


 * Maybe some other people should be preparing some suits :) I'm sorry I just can't get the Song of the South lyrics to stop roaring in my head. My oh my what a wonderful day!!!
 * Get yor facts straight anonymous. Everything you said is not reflected in the media so I suggest that you do not add such libelous material unless you feel brave enough to get blocked. Artem Karimov (talk) 08:39, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Wrong. It's reflected perfectly. I've poured over all the literature from the proceedings. Maybe you should as well. And blocked? The day a defender of truth like me gets blocked is not coming anytime soon. Do not threaten me. It does not scare me in the least. Do not DARE!!!!!!!!! :)
 * Sorry. It's still exciting. A thief and liar being dealt with properly is always a happy time for a defend of truth.
 * Now, Artem, you can shut up and move along. And man do I mean it :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.49.71 (talk) 07:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)