-/U By Vasik Rajlich (Bronze) [hu] Date 2010-04-11 07:47
Some information about Rybka 4:
- Rybka 4 will be a normal UCI engine, without copy protection, and will be available in the first part of May.
- There will be separate single-processor and multi-processor versions.
- Full chess analysis packages which include Rybka 4 will be made by ChessBase (
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and Convekta/ChessOK (
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]- Plain Rybka 4 UCI without GUI for download only will be available from RybkaChess (
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]- All of these versions of Rybka 4 will be identical and can be used in any UCI-compliant GUI.
- The Rybka 4 book by Jiří Dufek will be available as a separate item from both ChessBase and Convekta. The two versions of the book will be 'essentially identical', although in different formats.
- Rybka 4 book compatibility will work as follows:
* ChessBase software users will require the ChessBase version of the book.
* Aquarium users can use either version of the book.
* Other software users are encouraged to upgrade their chess software. :-)
I'll do my best to answer all questions after the release.