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Why did Rybka sacrifice the pawn to avoid the draw if the resulting position was bad? Was its contempt setting really high or something? Edit: looks like in th
by why_only_15 5y ago
Why did Rybka sacrifice the pawn to avoid the draw if the resulting position was bad? Was its contempt setting really high or something?
Edit: looks like in the video Nakamura says the contempt factor was too high, and later it was changed.
- murat131 5y agoCorrect. Rybka believes it has the piece superiority and doesn't consider sacrificing a pawn to be an issue but the only pawn that it can sacrifice opens up that side of the board for black. Nakamura explains a little before the sacrifice that if they exchanged queens it'd be almost certain that Rybka would have to sacrifice that pawn to avoid draw.