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What is this supposed to prove? I see Black blundering in a rapid game, thereby losing to an opponent rated 200 ELO higher? Calling the game "interesting" because it's a quick loss for Rybka's author, if that's your reason, seems crass to me. Everyone has bad games...

UncombedCoconut wrote:What is this supposed to prove? I see Black blundering in a rapid game, thereby losing to an opponent rated 200 ELO higher? Calling the game "interesting" because it's a quick loss for Rybka's author, if that's your reason, seems crass to me. Everyone has bad games...

Interesting because it is Rybka's author just as it would be for any other well known authors; Crafty, Sjeng, etc.

[Event "BEL-chT 9697"]<br> [Site "Belgium"]<br> [Date "??/??/1997"]<br> [Round "4"]<br> [White "De Wit, Michel"]<br> [Black "Houdart, Robert"]<br> [Result "0-1"]<br> [ECO "B01"]<br> [Opening "Scandinavian"]<br> [Variation "Portuguese, 4.Nf3 Qxd5 5.Be2"]<br> [WhiteElo "2305"] <br> [BlackElo "2115"] <br> [PlyCount "94"]<br> <br> <br> 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. h3 Bf5 8.<br> Be3 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Rad8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nb6 14.<br> Nfe5 Na4 15. Bf3 f6 16. Nd2 fxe5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. c4 Qe6 19. Nxe4 exd4 20.<br> Ng5 Qf5 21. Bd2 Nc3 22. Qe1 e5 23. g4 Qf6 24. f4 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4<br> Rde8 27. f5 Qh4 28. Kg2 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32.<br> Be1 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Bf2 Re6 35. Rd1 e4 36. c5 e3 37. Be1 Kg6 38. Kf3<br> Kg5 39. Rd3 a6 40. Bg3 Re7 41. Ke2 Rf7 42. a4 h5 43. gxh5 Kxh5 44. Rd1 Rf5<br> 45. Rd3 Rg5 46. Kf3 Bf6 47. Rd1 Rxg3+ 0-1

That game was pretty fun. White's stand-off in the center ended up being an elaborate way to give it up.