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Beijing 2008
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History
How it all began
The Rybka Cluster was initiated in September 2008, when an initial version was built just in time to participate in the 2008 ICGA World Computer Chess Championship in Beijing. The first results were promising and steady improvement in both software and hardware ensued. By December 2010, the Rybka Cluster had evolved into a polished chess analysis tool.

Cumulative figures (as of December 2010) include:
  • 2,000 hours of remote client logins
  • 4,000 hours of direct cluster testing
  • 60,000 hours of software-simulated cluster testing
  • 12 major computer chess tournament wins in 12 attempts, including 2 ACCA World Championships and 3 ICGA World Championships

Game collection: All public Rybka Cluster games!
2008: First private client login;2009: Complete set of UCI analysis features supported; 2010 Fully automated remote operation; 2011: Start of the public rental program

Record

Wins 16th ICGA World Computer Chess Championship in October 2008.
Wins 28th Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship in November 2008.
Wins 11th CCT Tournament in March 2009.
Wins 14th ICGA Open Hardware Computer Chess Olympiad in May 2009.
Wins 17th ICGA World Computer Chess Championship on 8 physical cores in
Obtains positive score in 10 out of 11 informal mini-matches against top human centaurs in the summer of 2009.
Wins 3rd ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship in August 2009.
Wins 29th Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship in October 2009.
Wins 4th ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Championship in November 2009.
Finishes with a positive score in all 11 informal mini-matches against top human centaurs by November 2009.
Wins Mundial Chess Freestyle tournament in February 2010.
Wins 10th International CSVN Tournament in May 2010.
Wins 4th ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship in July 2010.
Wins 18th ICGA World Computer Chess Championship in September 2010.
Wins 30th Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship in November 2010.

A collection of all public games played by the Rybka Cluster can be found here.