Talk:Rybka

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Name Rybka is a little joke, since one of the world champion's name is Fischer(close to fisher)

Are you sure? "Fischer" really means fisher in German - but I cannot imagine that somebody would make such a strange pun when naming his chess program... Would it mean that this small rybka will escape even Fischer? --Ioannes Pragensis 08:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

It would be great to see some information on how rybka differs from other engines. Is any such information available?

It is not a marketing tool, it is an encyclopedia article whose purpose is to provide readers with knowledge about the current top rated chess engine. Dionyseus 07:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

The second line of the article states that Rybka leads all computer chess ratinglists. It has won many tournaments that are indistinguishable with the "world championship" in format or number of rounds. As for the world championship, with so few rounds the winner is basically the engine that manages to draw less than the others against the lesser opposition, which was the case that night. Dionyseus 07:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Name "Rybka" is rather polish word. It doesn't sound like czech word and this word exists in polish language(Vasik wife is from Poland)

Czech is my mother language and I know that this word is a correct Czech word and has the same meaning as in other Slavic languages where it exists - a little fish. Rajlich must have known the word from Czech a long time before he met his wife.--Ioannes Pragensis 22:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)