Vasik Rajlich
Vasik Rajlich (born 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka,[1] one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world.[2][3][4][5][6] Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew up in Prague. He later spent years in the United States as a student, graduating from MIT.[7]
He married Iweta (née Radziewicz) on 19 August 2006. Iweta, who is also an International Master in chess,[1] helps him with the development of Rybka as its tester.[8] The couple presently live in Warsaw, Poland.[8]
Rajlich's handle on the Internet Chess Club is "vrajlich".[9]
[edit] WCCC disqualification and banning
On 28 June 2011, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) determined that Rajlich had plagiarized two other chess software programs: Crafty and Fruit.[10] The ICGA sanction for Vasik Rajlich and Rybka was the disqualification from the World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.[11] Vasik Rajlich is banned for life from competing in the WCCC or any other event organized by or sanctioned by the ICGA.[12] Rajlich had already responded to these charges with an e-mail to David Levy, president of the ICGA, in which he stated:
| “ | Rybka “does not include game-playing code written by others”, aside from standard exceptions which wouldn’t count as ‘game-playing’. [...] The vague phrase “derived from game-playing code written by others” also does not in my view apply to Rybka | ” |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Ross, Phillip E. (February 2007). "Vasik Rajlich: Game Boy". IEEE Spectrum. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/4899.
- ^ "CCRL 40/40 - Pure list". 2008-05-23. http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/rating_list_pure.html. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "CEGT 40/20". Chess Engines Grand Tournament. 2008-05-25. http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/rating.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Computerschach und Spiele - Eternal Rating". Computerschach und Spiele. 2007-03-18. http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=242. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "The SSDF Rating List". Swedish Chess Computer Association. 2007-11-03. http://ssdf.bosjo.net/list.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ "Bayesian Elo Ratinglist WBEC Ridderkerk after edition 14". http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/BayesianElo_ed14.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "Engineer Shocks Chess World". 2007-06-21. http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/gizmos/2007/06/engineer_shocks_chess_world.htm.
- ^ a b "Rybka team". Rybka. http://rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Rybka+team. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "vrajlich". Internet Chess Club. http://www.chessclub.com/finger/vrajlich. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ ICGA Investigation Documents
- ^ Washington Times: Computer chess champ stripped of its four titles
- ^ Tech World: World's best chess program loses titles in plagiarism row
- ^ "Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships". http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/rybka-disqualified-and-banned-from-world-computer-chess-championships/. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
[edit] External links
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- Vasik Rajlich player profile at ChessGames.com
- Interview with Vasik at LatestChess.com
- Rybka games at ChessGames.com
- UCI engines.de: Interview with Vasik Rajlich (December 2005)
- SCHACH MAGAZIN 64 (May 2007) (German)
- CHESS Magazine (May 2007)
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