Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 12:27:08 12/05/05
French has such a saying: "force tranquile", "quiet force", refering to someone, human or not, that has tremendous force but does not make a show of it. Think in elephants. Rybka has something of it, perhaps a lot. At least the positional version I have. About the other one I will talk later. The positional does not threaten you at once with some combination or sharp moves. It makes something lot worse: it put you uncomfortable with long range moves that in a way -but you do not know exactl how- refute your own moves. A tactical threat is menacing but at least is just this or that specific threat. You know what's going on and have the chance to look for counter measures. Perhaps you does not find the one neccesary and you lose, but you could see the menace, the attacks coming on you. With positional Rybka is different. Am talking of slow games against human, of course. Rybka manouver at a distance, as a skilled general deploying his artillery in the very border of the battle field. Where the shells will land? You do not know. Where is the spot where he will gather his forces to come on you? You do not know. When you realize is too late. When you see how that move, ten moves in the past, prepared the demoliton of your own deployment, is late. Too late. Impressed as hell and more and more with each new defeat. fernando
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