The chess games of Vasik G Rajlich

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Vasik G Rajlich

Number of games in database: 168
Years covered: 1994 to 2010
Last FIDE rating: 2303 (2239 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2364

Overall record: +53 -75 =35 (43.3%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 5 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (38)
    B42 B65 B47 B32 B78
Sicilian Kan (13)
    B42
French Defense (10)
    C18 C11 C16 C14
Ruy Lopez (8)
    C78 C80 C63 C71 C92
French Winawer (7)
    C18 C16
Caro-Kann (7)
    B14 B13 B10

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (36)
    B76 B78 B50 B22 B70
King's Indian (25)
    E97 E70 E69 E71 E92
Sicilian Dragon (23)
    B76 B78 B74 B70
English (4)
    A16 A15

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   V Rajlich vs Groszpeter, 2001 1/2-1/2
   G Valenti vs V Rajlich, 2001 0-1
   V Rajlich vs E N Cooke, 2001 1-0
   V Rajlich vs Csom, 2001 1/2-1/2

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VASIK G RAJLICH
(born Mar-19-1971, 51 years old) United States of America

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Vasik Rajlich was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up in Prague, and has dual U.S. and Czech citizenship. He is an International Master, but is best-known as the author of the computer chess program Rybka (Computer). He is married to IM/WGM Iweta Radziewicz Rajlich, and currently resides in Budapest.

In 2011, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) found that Rajlich had plagiarized two other programs, Crafty and Fruit, disqualified him for life from competing in the World Computer Chess Championship and all other ICGA events, and stripped Rybka of the championship titles it had won in 2006 through 2010.

Wikipedia article: Vasik Rajlich

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. V Rajlich vs G Leighton	1-0	53	1994	Detroit-ch MI op	C14 French, Classical
2. V Rajlich vs R Antonio	0-1	41	1995	Troy Chess Classic	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
3. V Rajlich vs L Filatov	0-1	38	1995	23rd World Open	C18 French, Winawer
4. H R Jung vs V Rajlich	1-0	43	1996	North Bay International	B50 Sicilian
5. Benjamin vs V Rajlich	1-0	36	1998	Open	B50 Sicilian
6. V Rajlich vs T Duong	0-1	22	1998	Toronto op	C34 King's Gambit Accepted
7. L Day vs V Rajlich	½-½	19	1998	North Bay International	A07 King's Indian Attack
8. V Rajlich vs Kaufman	1-0	31	1998	26th World Open	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. G Kacheishvili vs V Rajlich	1-0	22	1998	29th National Chess Congress	E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
10. A Csonka vs V Rajlich	0-1	28	1999	Harkany Ozdi Memorial	B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. C Boor vs V Rajlich	0-1	60	1999	Oberlin op	C52 Evans Gambit
12. C Boor vs V Rajlich	0-1	25	1999	CCA ChessWise op	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
13. V Rajlich vs M Narciso Dublan	0-1	30	1999	Budapest FS10 GM	C45 Scotch Game
14. Lengyel vs V Rajlich	½-½	46	1999	Budapest FS10 GM	E92 King's Indian
15. V Rajlich vs J Dudas	0-1	49	2000	Budapest FS04 IM-B	B33 Sicilian
16. V Rajlich vs S Farago	1-0	57	2000	FSIMB July	B03 Alekhine's Defense
17. J Dudas vs V Rajlich	1-0	57	2000	Budapest FS10 IM-B	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
18. J Dudas vs V Rajlich	1-0	64	2000	Budapest FS11 IM	A45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. V Rajlich vs H Kallio	0-1	77	2001	FSGM February	C42 Petrov Defense
20. V Rajlich vs Z Medvegy	½-½	41	2001	FSGM February	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
21. V Rajlich vs A Jurkovic	1-0	38	2001	FSIMA March	C11 French
22. Y Dembo vs V Rajlich	1-0	47	2001	FSIMA March	B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
23. V Rajlich vs Z Nemeth	½-½	68	2001	FSIMA March	B01 Scandinavian
24. L Gonda vs V Rajlich	½-½	56	2001	FSIMA March	A16 English
25. V Rajlich vs E Kahn	½-½	45	2001	FSIMA March	B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long


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Feb-26-06		mj29479: This guy is author of Rybka (Computer) the result percentage definitely favours his opponents unlike his chess engine :)) although i must say they share almost identical chess knowledge :)))

Mar-07-06		EmperorAtahualpa: IM Vasik G Rajlich is married to WGM Iweta Radziewicz. For a recent interview, go here: http://www.uciengines.de/UCI-Engine...

May-07-06		chessmoron: In an interview for Arena, he wants to meet Brad Pitt and Veronica Varekova

Jun-11-06		cotdt: Rajlich could beat Rybka, just that Rybka plays much more consistently and calculates better.

Jun-11-06		Dionyseus: <Chessmoron> Actually the interviewer joked aroud saying Vasik will soon become famous and that he would be able to meet Brad Pitt and Veronica Varekova. Vasik said that he doesn't know why he would want to meet Brad. Here's the interview: http://www.uciengines.de/UCI-Engine...

Nov-05-06		fgh: I knew it! The first time I saw this guy's face I felt there was something Czech about it. But good to know, the strongest avaible chess program was made by an Czech!

Jan-30-07		cpoc: <fgh> <guy's face I felt there was something Czech about it> Name Rybka is also suspicious to Czech ear :)

Sep-24-07		Resignation Trap: <fgh> This is what a Czech face looks like? : http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... .

Sep-24-07		cotdt: rajlich looks like booby fischer

Sep-24-07		WannaBe: <cotdt> I wouldn't know, never seen/met Booby.

Sep-24-07		mrbasso: He won his title by participating in numerous Kecskemet and First Saturday events. I doubt he ever had International Master strength.

Sep-24-07		WannaBe: His FIDE card says IM title: http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... and federation of USCF, his USCF card says he has not played in an USCF rated tournament since 1999: http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTn...

Dec-22-09		zanshin: This is a very sparse bio for someone as dominant in the field of chess engine programming. I suggest a chessgames biographer add some details from http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/... Some interesting parts: His father teaches computer science at Wayne State University, in Detroit; his mother trained as a mathematician; and two of his brothers are computer scientists. A third one, the black sheep, is a doctor. Finally, his savings and his morale both nearly depleted, he broke the rating barrier, getting as high as 2440—earning him the international master title—before another decline forced him to realize that he’d never make grandmaster. So he set his sights on a new brass ring: writing the strongest chess-playing program in the world. ”I figured there were about 2000 people in the world stronger than me in chess,” he says, ”but not one chess player that was stronger than me in programming.”

Dec-30-09		zanshin: Pretty good interview with Vas covering his life, Rybka, his co-workers, plans for Rybka and his future in general: http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybka...

Jun-29-11		Stonehenge: <You are a reliable and helpful person, honest through and through. Intellectual independence is an essential virtue: each and everyone must take one's responsibilities and accept the consequences of one's faults. You avoid underhand manoeuvres and scheming like the plague! Your unfailing sincerity commands your entourage's consideration. You fight shams and all forms of hypocrisy>. http://www.astrotheme.com/portraits...

Jul-01-11		Reggaalex: CHEATER.

Jul-01-11		Ragh: <Vasik Rajlich, the creator of Rybka, plagiarised volumes of code from two pre-existing chess engines called Crafty and Fruit. He's been stripped of his titles and ordered to return all the prize money. > Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rybk... http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...

Jul-01-11		Bratek: <Apparently ICGA has a rule that every programmer who enters its annual world computer championship tournament has to be aware of: namely, that plagiarism will not be tolerated. Levy is using this rule as the excuse for disqualifying Rybka. Me thinks that why stop there: disqualify EVERY programmer! Chess players may not cheat, but they copy like whores!>http://kevinspraggett.blogspot.com/...

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