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Rybka
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Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. Around 2011, Rybka was one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists[2][3][4][5][6] and won many computer chess tournaments.
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Developer(s) | Vasik Rajlich |
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Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows |
Type | Chess engine |
License | Proprietary |
Website | rybkachess |
After Rybka won four consecutive World Computer Chess Championships from 2007 to 2010, it was stripped of these titles after the International Computer Games Association concluded in June 2011 that Rybka was plagiarized from both the Crafty and the Fruit chess engines[7][8] and so failed to meet their originality requirements.[9] In 2015, FIDE Ethics Commission, following a complaint put forward by Vasik Rajlich and chess engine developer and games publisher Chris Whittington regarding ethical breaches during internal disciplinary proceedings, ruled the ICGA guilty and sanctioned ICGA with a warning. Case 2/2012.[10][11]
ChessBase published a challenging two-part interview-article[12] about the process and verdict with ICGA spokesperson David Levy. Subsequently, ChessBase recruited Rejlich to produce Fritz 15 (released in late 2015)[13] and Fritz 16 (released in late 2017).[14]