Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

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    Ukrainian sensationally beats world's smartest chess programme
    English.news.cn 2011-04-28 19:27:45

    KIEV, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Andrew Slyusarchuk sensationally won the match against the smartest and the strongest chess computer program in the world "Rybka-4", the local media reported Thursday.

    He spent 8 months to understand the principles of the program. Slyusarchuk had read about three thousand books about chess.

    Skeptics have not believed that Andrew Slyusarchuk will be able to cope with the program. Nobody could do it before.

    The first batch Slyusarchuk played blindfold with the white chess. He has not seen a chessboard, but just have memorize moves. For the second leg he used black chess. In general, the player has spent about 2 hours for a duel with the computer.

    Seven years ago Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov had a fight with the computer. The man lost the game. After his defeat chess players have not gambled with the machines.

    Andrew Slyusarchuk does not apply for the title of grandmaster. He just wanted to show the audience that the potential of the human's brain is not fully used.

    Slyusarchuk is an amateur in chess playing -- he is a neurosurgeon. 39-year-old MD specializes in the brain studying as well as improving memory technologies development. He knows by heart 20,000 books and 30 million digits of the pi number.

    http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011...-in-match.html
    The video where he proves he really knows the 30 million digits of pi can be found on youtube... It's pretty impressive!!

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    Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

    Originally posted by Felix Dumont View Post
    Ukrainian sensationally beats world's smartest chess programme
    English.news.cn 2011-04-28 19:27:45

    KIEV, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Andrew Slyusarchuk sensationally won the match against the smartest and the strongest chess computer program in the world "Rybka-4", the local media reported Thursday.

    He spent 8 months to understand the principles of the program. Slyusarchuk had read about three thousand books about chess.

    Skeptics have not believed that Andrew Slyusarchuk will be able to cope with the program. Nobody could do it before.

    The first batch Slyusarchuk played blindfold with the white chess. He has not seen a chessboard, but just have memorize moves. For the second leg he used black chess. In general, the player has spent about 2 hours for a duel with the computer.

    Seven years ago Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov had a fight with the computer. The man lost the game. After his defeat chess players have not gambled with the machines.

    Andrew Slyusarchuk does not apply for the title of grandmaster. He just wanted to show the audience that the potential of the human's brain is not fully used.

    Slyusarchuk is an amateur in chess playing -- he is a neurosurgeon. 39-year-old MD specializes in the brain studying as well as improving memory technologies development. He knows by heart 20,000 books and 30 million digits of the pi number.

    http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011...-in-match.html
    The video where he proves he really knows the 30 million digits of pi can be found on youtube... It's pretty impressive!!



    Suuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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    • #3
      Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

      Originally posted by J. Ken MacDonald View Post

      Suuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
      grrl u jelly?
      everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)

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      • #4
        Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

        Originally posted by ben daswani View Post
        grrl u jelly?
        she be mirin' brah

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        • #5
          Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

          It is an interesting theory at least, someone with a perfect memory could in theory memorize every recorded chess game and every endgame tablebase and thus eliminate those advantages of a computer...
          Christopher Mallon
          FIDE Arbiter

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          • #6
            Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

            games deleted.

            a hoax period

            Chris, there is still a middle game. What do you mean by "every endgame tablebase"? 7, 8, 9, 10, .., 64 pcs ? :D
            Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Thursday, 28th April, 2011, 10:33 PM.

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            • #7
              Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

              The numbers really don't add up.
              At 1 digit per second it would take 347 days to prove he knows the first 30 million digits
              and if somehow he had a formula he could use that would be of more interest.
              20,000 books would take who knows how long to repeat.
              This is of course after the time needed to practice and so on.
              He might have done better counting Blackjack and making a fortune or
              playing bridge or poker. The time required would be infinitely less.
              At 39 it implies he must have had a really good system.
              I guess I could watch the video but I haven't got a year to watch him rattle off
              the numbers so I'll pass on these claims.

              http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/memory.html#pi

              BTW he can claim this record if he is bona fide.
              Last edited by Graham Price; Friday, 29th April, 2011, 12:49 AM. Reason: add link to pi record holder

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              • #8
                Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                Besides isn't Firebird stronger than Rybka these days?

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                • #9
                  Re : Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                  Since reciting 30 million digits of π at one digit a second would take almost a year (347 days) if you did it non-stop 24 hours a day, seven days a week, a following approach had been applied to verify the record: during demonstrations Mr. Slyusarchuk is being randomly asked to tell the digits of pi printed on certain pages and locations of the 20 volume printout, which is grouped into orderly arranged tables. He successfully went through this kind of test multiple times. Demonstrations had been witnessed by respectable scientists, PhD holders and heads of sub-departments in Universities. Book of Records of Ukraine (http://www.book.adamant.ua/akt/2slysar4uk/1.htm) lists the members of commission witnessing his demonstration. They are country-wide recognized scientists on the top positions in National Universities and Institutes.
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_...k#cite_note-20

                  One of the videos where he has he been randomly asked to tell the digits: http://video.bizua.com.ua/753/index.html

                  I don't say it's true, but I hardly see how could he have done all this, but maybe further developements will help us to know whether it's true or not.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Re : Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                    Originally posted by Felix Dumont View Post
                    he has he been randomly asked
                    not randomly ;)

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                    • #11
                      Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                      Originally posted by Graham Price View Post
                      ...
                      and if somehow he had a formula he could use that would be of more interest.
                      Well, there are several formulas for computing the value, but calculating on the fly using the formulas would be an even more impressive feat!

                      Perhaps you meant something like 'an algorithm for determining the *next* digit simply from (say) the current digit' and that does not exist.
                      ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                        It looks like his fans have been editing his Wikipedia page - such as removing refernces to "unconfirmed" . (yellow highlighted text has been removed).

                        https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ldid=391648021

                        https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ldid=278904771

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                        • #13
                          Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                          April fool's joke GUYS!!!

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                          • #14
                            Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                            They have posted the games on www.chessbase.com (scroll to the very bottom if you are interested) and they are ridiculously poor quality.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Ukranian chess amateur defeats Rybka in a match (blindfold)

                              Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
                              They have posted the games on www.chessbase.com (scroll to the very bottom if you are interested) and they are ridiculously poor quality.
                              It looks like the whole thing is a hoax (as if any of us needed proof of that).
                              A little late for April fools...
                              ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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