- Vasik Rajlich
Vasik Rajlich (born
1971 inCleveland, Ohio ) is anInternational Master inchess and the author ofRybka ,cite web| url=http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/4899| title= Vasik Rajlich: Game Boy| month=February | year=2007| last=Ross| first=Phillip E.| publisher="IEEE Spectrum "] the strongestchess playing program in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czech-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew up inPrague . He later spent years in the United States as a student, graduating fromMIT . [cite web| url=http://blogs.spectrum.ieee.org/gizmos/2007/06/engineer_shocks_chess_world.htm| title=Engineer Shocks Chess World| date=2007-06-21 ]At the present he lives with his wife Iweta (née Radziewicz) in
Budapest , Hungary. Iweta, who is also an International Master in chess, helps him with the development of Rybka.References
External links
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* [http://latestchess.com/showInterview.php?id=4 Interview with Vasik at LatestChess.com]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=100439 Rybka games at ChessGames.com]
* [http://www.superchessengine.com/vasik_rajlich.htm UCI engines.de: Interview with Vasik Rajlich (December 2005)]
* [http://www.rybkachess.com/deutsch/docs/Rybka%20im%20Schach%20Magazin%2064.pdf SCHACH MAGAZIN 64 (May 2007)] de icon
* [http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/Rybka_Englisch.PDF CHESS Magazine (May 2007)]
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