That's right people! Take that Silicon Chip Monsters! Human's can still win matches. Well, okay, so the match was handicapped. The full details are written down by IM Larry Kaufman (an important member of the Rybka team) for Chessbase but I'll pass them on here as well.

1. Two normal chess games where the only "handicap" was Milov's getting white in both games. He lost the first of these and drew the second by reaching a pawn down endgame that was easy to hold.


2. Two games at the classical "pawn and move" handicap (f7 removed). Here the first game ended in an early draw by perpetual check when Milov returned his pawn to drive Black's king out into the open, but he could not find any way to achieve more than a slightly preferable position. The second game was a disaster for Rybka; the position became very closed early on, but Milov was able to calmly build up an attack on the kingside (where he had an extra pawn), while Rybka just made delaying moves until it was too late to get counterplay.


3. Four games at odds of the exchange (Rybka removed a1 rook, Milov b8 knight). Here Rybka drew three times and lost once. In one of the draws Rybka had good winning chances, and in the one she lost she had good drawing chances.

Larry is a little biased in his report (leaning towards his co-creation Rybka). His assessment may or may not be true but I think he embodies the whole Rybka team ... pulling for Vasik Rajlich's Little Fish.