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Rybka

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 and won many computer chess tournaments. 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 and so failed to meet their originality requirements. 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. ChessBase published a two-part interview-article about the process and verdict with ICGA spokesperson David Levy. Subsequently, ChessBase recruited Rajlich to produce Fritz 15 (released in late 2015) and Fritz 16 (released in late 2017).

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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 and won many computer chess tournaments. 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 and so failed to meet their originality requirements. 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. ChessBase published a two-part interview-article about the process and verdict with ICGA spokesperson David Levy. Subsequently, ChessBase recruited Rajlich to produce Fritz 15 (released in late 2015) and Fritz 16 (released in late 2017).

Key claims

  1. release date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2005-12-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 2008-08-06 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2010-05-26 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 2011-03-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2005-12-05". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "2008-08-06". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2010-05-26". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "2011-03-05". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376692133

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.