Rybka 3 Aquarium Manual (English) in PDF

41 Pages·2008·2.89 MB·English

by  Dadi Jonsson

4 More About the User Interface....................................................................34

4.1 Minimizing the Navigation Pane...........................................................34
Contents 
4.2 Minimizing the Ribbon............................................................................34

1 Introduction......................................................................................................4
4.3 Managing windows................................................................................35

1.1 Welcome to Aquarium!............................................................................4
4.3.1 Arranging dockable windows....................................................36

1.2 System requirements.................................................................................4
4.3.2 Floating windows.........................................................................38

1.3 Technical support......................................................................................5
4.3.3 Docking floating windows..........................................................38

1.3.1 Support forum.................................................................................5
4.3.4 Hiding and closing windows.......................................................38

1.3.2 Email support...................................................................................5
4.3.5 Rolling up a window....................................................................39

1.3.3 Additional help and information.................................................6
4.4 The Layout Menu.....................................................................................40

1.4 Rybka Aquarium features........................................................................6
5 Databases, Lists and Games.......................................................................40

1.5 Installation, registration and updates.....................................................9
5.1 Main Database and Reference Database........................................41

2 The User Interface..........................................................................................14
5.2 Main Database.......................................................................................41

2.1.1 The Aquarium Menu....................................................................15
5.3 Reference Database..............................................................................42

2.1.2 The Ribbon.....................................................................................16
5.4 Browsing a list of games........................................................................42

2.1.3 The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)...............................................18
5.5 Viewing games........................................................................................44

2.1.4 The Navigation Pane...................................................................18
6 The Chessboard.............................................................................................45

2.1.5 The Working Area.........................................................................20
7 Commenting Games....................................................................................47

3 Playing against Aquarium............................................................................21
8 Infinite Analysis...............................................................................................48

3.1 Entering Play Mode.................................................................................21
8.1 The Analysis Pane....................................................................................49

3.2 Setting playing options...........................................................................22
8.2 The Information and Control Panel......................................................52

3.3 Material and rating handicaps.............................................................23
8.2.1 Advanced analysis options........................................................53

3.4 Time handicaps.......................................................................................25
8.2.2 Engine options..............................................................................54

3.5 Time controls............................................................................................26
8.2.3 Multi-variation infinite analysis....................................................55

3.6 Moving the pieces..................................................................................29
8.3 Stored infinite analysis.............................................................................57

3.7 Fun Mode..................................................................................................29
8.4 Infinite analysis and IDeA.......................................................................58

3.8 Tournament mode..................................................................................31
8.5 Storing analysis configurations..............................................................58

3.9 Analyzing a finished game in the Sandbox........................................32
9 Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA)................................................................59
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9.1 Starting IDeA............................................................................................59

9.2 Overview of IDeA in action....................................................................61
1 Introduction 

9.3 Monitoring the analysis...........................................................................62

9.4 Control the focus of analysis.................................................................63 1.1 Welcome to Aquarium! 

9.5 Adding positions to the analysis............................................................64
Thank you for choosing Rybka
9.6 Stopping and resuming analysis...........................................................65 Aquarium!
9.7 Adding analysis to the game notation................................................67 Rybka Aquarium is a GUI (Graphical
User Interface) that allows you to

10 Searching........................................................................................................68
take advantage of the full set of
11 Trees.................................................................................................................70 the features of the world's strongest
chess playing engine, Rybka 3. You

11.1 Creating a new tree from a list of games......................................73
can play, analyze, comment,
11.2 Move coloring....................................................................................75 search, and download the latest
games and much more using

11.3 The Main tree and the Discarded moves tree..............................75 Aquarium.

12 Chess Engines.................................................................................................77 Even though Aquarium and Rybka
is a perfect match, Aquarium works
13 External modules............................................................................................79
just as well with hundreds of other

13.1 Chess Resource Server......................................................................80 chess playing engines, both free and
commercial.
13.2 Chess Engines.....................................................................................80
Rybka Aquarium is already a feature rich program in its initial version, with
13.3 Chess Assistant Club..........................................................................81
many novel features that will impress the serious chess player as well as the

13.4 EPD Processor.....................................................................................81 casual player.

13.5 Tree Utilities..........................................................................................82 Future versions of Rybka Aquarium will be heavily influenced by user
requests. So if you want to see your favorite feature added to Aquarium

make sure that you visit the Aquarium board on the Rybka forum
(http://rybkaforum.net) and let us know about it.
1.2 System requirements 
Rybka Aquarium is designed for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows
Vista. For questions regarding specific configurations, please contact
technical support.
Some users have reported that Rybka Aquarium also runs under Windows 98
and Linux (using Wine). These operating systems are not officially supported
by ChessOK.
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1.3 Technical support  1.3.3 Additional help and information 
The Chess Resource Server is a new approach for providing documentation,
This document and the Rybka Aquarium help system should provide answers
video tutorials, program upgrades, database updates, bonus software and
to most of your questions. Nevertheless, don‘t hesitate to seek technical
data, etc. Aquarium comes with a client to access the Chess Resource
support in case you have any problems or questions regarding Rybka
Server.
Aquarium.
The ChessOK web site (http://chessok.com ) will also be of interest for Rybka
1.3.1 Support forum  Aquarium users. There you will find interesting, sometimes in-depth articles
In general we recommend that you post your questions on the Rybka and about Rybka Aquarium and other products as well as chess news.
Aquarium support forum: Finally you should check the ChessCafe web site (http://chesscafe.com )
http://rybkaforum.net . There you which publishes the monthly ChessOK Cafe columns about ChessOK
will find the Aquarium support products. The archives already contain several articles relevant to Rybka
board which is monitored by and Aquarium users:
Aquarium power users as well as http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#ChessOKCafe
the developers themselves more
or less around the clock. This is also a good place to discuss feature requests. 1.4 Rybka Aquarium features 
For general information
Rybka Aquarium comes in two versions which only differ in the version of
about how to use the forum
Rybka included in the package:
check the forum help page.
It is accessible at through the Deep Rybka 3 Aquarium includes the multi-processor version of
Help button which is present Rybka 3, suitable for multi-core and multi-processor processors. This
at the top of every forum version runs on all processors under the Windows operating system,
page. but if you already have or plan to get a multi-core/multi-processor
system this is the version that allows you to take full advantage of
For additional help check
the hardware, resulting in much faster processing speed and
the Forum Assistance &
stronger play.
Feedback section of the
Rybka 3 Aquarium is only uses one processor/core, regardless of
forum. The Forum FAQ
how many cores the hardware may have. With that limitation it
board is particularly helpful for instructions on how to display chess positions,
also runs on all processors under the Windows operating system.
display image attachments (e.g. screenshots), etc.
When describing the features we will refer to these two versions as ‘Rybka
One obvious advantage of the forum for Rybka Aquarium users is that it‘s
Aquarium’.
really the support center for both the Rybka and Aquarium and the
developers of both products frequent the forum and participate in the Rybka 3
discussion.
Current Computer Chess World Champion - Rybka won the 15th
World Computer Chess Championship in Amsterdam with 10/11
1.3.2 Email support 
(+9 =2 -0)
In some cases you may prefer to contact ChessOK support instead of
Estimated Elo rating of 3150 – that's 100 points better than the
discussing your question in the support forum. In that case email
previous Rybka version
[email protected] . In case you are having a technical problem
Leads all independent computer chess rating lists
make sure that you include enough information to allow the support staff to
Fisherandom/Chess960 World Champion
reproduce the problem.
By far the most successful chess program in recent years
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(Deep) Rybka 3 UCI includes versions for 32-bit and 64-bit o Hundreds of free an commercial chess engines are
processors. available for Aquarium
(Deep) Rybka 3 UCI can be used in other chess programs such as o Compatible with 32 and 64-bit chess engines (64-bit
Fritz, ChessBase, Chess Assistant etc.
engines require a 64-bit Windows version)
Aquarium o Hundreds of chess engines can be easily managed
within Aquarium
o Support for Rybka features
o A modern graphical user interface (GUI) designed o Install all engines from a selected directory with the
click of a button
for Rybka
o Takes full advantage of all Rybka features o Engine matches and tournaments
o Fischerandom/Chess960 support o Round robin and Swiss system tournaments
o Randomizer matches o Blitz, Tournament, Time/move and fixed-depth time
controls
o Variable multi-variation analysis (evaluation limited)
o Persistent hash o Flexible opening book selection
o Sampled search o User defined starting position in tournaments and
matches
o Play against the computer
o Tournament mode o Optionally use EPD file with starting positions for
matches
o Fun mode
o Automatic rating calculation o Operating system and hardware compatibility
o Fischerandom/Chess960 games o Compatible with all recent Windows systems
o Material handicaps o Compatible with single core/multicore systems
o Rating handicaps (900-3150) with rating based o Trees and opening books
opening book o State of the art chess trees (fast, powerful,
compact)
o Start game from any position
o Flexible time controls o Advanced opening book creation and
modification
o Play against any installed chess engine
o Unprecedented analysis features o Fast and flexible move coloring system
o Infinite analysis o User defined move color priority (play only
experimental moves where available etc.)
o Game Analysis
o Find Blunders o Combine several trees into one tree configuration
for unprecedented flexibility
o Interactive deep analysis (IDeA) – a new and
advanced approach to analysis o Use a discarded moves tree to mask certain moves
or opening systems from being played
o Delayed Analysis – batch analysis of selected
positions o Multiple, reusable discarded moves trees
o Chess engine support o Add comments to trees – even graphical board
markers
o Universal Chess Interface (UCI) support
o Direct WinBoard support o Build trees from a list of games
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o Databases, opening book and Internet accessible Run ChessOK Downloader. The shortcut for ChessOK Downloader is found in
data the Aquarium program group of your Start menu.
o A database with 4 000 000 games (on 07.08.2008) If you already have a Chess Resource
o An opening book for chess engines. Server account, log in. Otherwise, click
o A special rating handicap opening book for on the Register button, choose a
playing against the computer nickname and
specify a valid
o On-line access to Nalimov endgame tablebases (3-
e-mail address.
6 pieces)
Your password
o Free online play
will then be e-
o Free Internet chess server access mailed to you.
o Chess Resource Server You may change the password at any
o A new approach to program and database time.
updates

o Automatic program updates
b. Aquarium updates and chess resources.
o Automatic database updates
o Updates to other Aquarium related data Once you've logged in to the Chess Resource Server, the program will ask
o User data exchange you to enter your Aquarium serial number.
The serial number is either sent to you by e-mail or placed on the DVD box
depending on the way you bought the product.
1.5 Installation, registration and updates 
Please refer to your Chess Resource Server account or serial number when
1. Run the setup application. you write a message to support team.
o With the DVD version the setup application is run automatically After you've entered your serial number, you'll be able to download all
when the DVD is inserted into the DVD drive. If it doesn't, browse resources in the /Aquarium directory.
your DVD and run the AquariumSetup.exe application.
o For the download version run the AquariumSetup.exe application.
2. Install Rybka Aquarium.
The setup application will guide you through the installation procedure.
Rybka Aquarium is now ready to use. The Rybka engine is already installed
into Aquarium.
3. Bonus chess data and auto-update.
By purchasing Rybka Aquarium you are automatically allowed to download
bonus content from Chess Resource Server. Aquarium itself can also be kept
up to date via the Chess Resource Server. All you have to do is to register at
the server and enter your Aquarium serial number.

a. Chess Resource Server registration.
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The /Aquarium/Components directory After the download is finished you will see an Install hyperlink in the
contains the latest Aquarium version as Description column. Click it to install the resource. In the Installation
well as the large databases and trees Parameters window you may specify installation options, such as installation
that are missing in the download path. Usually, there is no need in changing the default parameters. Click
package. Install button to complete the installation.
To install resource, right-click on it and
select Download.
After that you automatically switch to
the Downloads List.
Downloads List contains the list of resources you selected to download. By
default, download starts right after clicking Download. You can pause the
download at any time by clicking Pause. After that, you can restart the
download by clicking Start.

c. To get the latest Rybka Aquarium version, download and install the
/Aquarium/Components/AquariumUpdate resource. Note that this is an
update, not the full Rybka Aquarium package. Don't try to download it
unless you have already installed Rybka Aquarium.

d. The /Aquarium/Bonus directory contains bonus chess content that is
available for free for registered Rybka Aquarium users. The top-level games
commented by Rybka, the analysis trees – everything is regularly updated.
Rybka customers may also download the Rybka engine itself from here.
Most of the resources can be automatically installed into Rybka Aquarium
upon downloading.
4. Using ChessOK Downloader outside Aquarium.
ChessOK Downloader is a standalone program that can be used on any
computer. It is free for everyone, and available for download from the
ChessOK site.

There are a number of resources on the Chess Resource Server that are
While download is in progress you can click Online Directory button to
available for everyone, not only for Rybka Aquarium registered users. We will
continue browsing the resources and add new items to Downloads List. Click
update these resources regularly.
Downloads again to look at the download progress.
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5. Purchasing new ChessOK products.
2 The User Interface 
ChessOK Downloader will also work with
other ChessOk products that you The Rybka Aquarium user interface is based on the revolutionary Fluent
purchased. After installing a ChessOK design, first introduced by Microsoft in Office 2007, where it has radically
product you may activate your serial improved the usability of all Office programs. The first thing you will notice is
number the same way you did with Rybka that all menus and toolbars have been replaced with a single container
Aquarium or by selecting ‘Register serial that organizes Aquarium's full feature set into a series of tabs. This container
number’ option in the Options dialog of is known as the "Ribbon".
ChessOK Downloader: . After that
you’ll get access to additional resources for
your ChessOK product. Note that you do not
need to create more than one account for using the new product. All
services are available under single account.
6. Do not share your serial number with other people
Your serial number is unique. Don’t share it with anyone else. Chess Resource
Server keeps list of resources that you download. In case if there are too
many downloads of some resource with one account, services provided by
Chess Resource Server can be terminated.
7.Problems with using Chess Resource Server
For some reason connection to Chess Resource Server cannot be
established for some users. If you are using a Windows Firewall or a similar
firewall program, configure it to allow ChessOk Downloader to access
Internet. See Help for more details.
This may also happen because your network was configured to block some
Internet traffic. Contact your network administrator and give the following
The Rybka Aquarium user interface consists of the following major parts.
technical information: ChessOK Downloader tries to establish a TCP
connection to Chess Resources Server via port 8569. The Ribbon. Almost all Rybka Aquarium functions are accessible directly via
the Ribbon. The Ribbon is divided into tabs that group related functions and
If nothing helps write a message to support team and you will be provided
show them together. The Ribbon is context-sensitive, automatically
with links to Aquarium components by e-mail ([email protected]).
displaying functions relevant to the task that you are performing. Functions
that cannot be used in the current context are grayed out.
The Navigation Pane. The Navigation Pane allows switching between the
different modes (such as play, analysis and engine competitions) and
provides access to data objects (such as databases, lists and games). By
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clicking links or buttons in the Navigation Pane you can switch modes and hovers over a menu control in the left pane it automatically opens and
load the corresponding objects into the Working Area. displays the menu items over the right pane. In the screenshot "Play" is active
The Working Area. The Working Area is where you do all your work. You will in the left pane and has opened the corresponding menu over the right
spend most of your time playing, examining or commenting games, pane.
browsing a list of games etc.
The application exit button is at the bottom of the Aquarium Menu.
These and other elements of the Aquarium user interface are described in
the following sections. 2.1.2 The Ribbon 
The Ribbon is the primary replacement for menus and toolbars (e.g. File,
2.1.1 The Aquarium Menu  Edit, View, Insert, Window etc.) in the Rybka GUI. The Ribbon is positioned at
The Aquarium Menu appears when the user clicks the Aquarium Button in the top of the application window.
the upper-left corner of the application window.
This menu displays controls to
open a database, play
against a chess engine,
analyze a game etc. The
Aquarium menu also provides
a list of recent databases,
The Ribbon contains the following three elements:
access to application options
for changing user settings and preferences and application exit. Tabs. Tabs are used to organize controls in the Ribbon around the core

scenarios and tasks that users perform with Rybka Aquarium.
Groups. Each tab contains one or more groups which show related controls

together.
Controls. Different types of controls can be hosted in the Ribbon. Examples

of controls are menus, split buttons, combo boxes, and spinner controls.
The main appeal of the Ribbon is that it exposes commonly used features.
What's more, the Ribbon exposes useful features that many users wouldn't
know about otherwise or wouldn't bother with because they don't want to
spend the time hunting for the feature.
Tabs
Tabs are used to organize controls in the Ribbon around the activities that
users perform in Rybka Aquarium. The leftmost tab includes the controls used
to accomplish the most frequently performed actions, depending on the
current view (list, game view, analysis, engine tournaments etc.).

The Aquarium Menu has two vertical panes. The left pane displays controls
for some of the main functions of Rybka Aquarium. When the menu opens
the right pane displays a list of recent databases. When the mouse pointer
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Clicking on a tab selects that tab and displays the controls for that tab. Additional examples of controls are split buttons,
combo boxes, and spinner controls. Text labels are
Groups
used whenever possible to describe a control.
Groups are used to organize related controls on a tab. They make it easier Controls are automatically disabled (grayed out) if
to browse the Ribbon by formalizing the relationship among controls on a the criteria required for their activation have not
particular tab. Groups also make it easier to find controls that are not been met.
located on the Ribbon by using Dialog Box Launchers to provide quick
access to less commonly used controls with closely related functionality. 2.1.3 The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) 
Controls on The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) are always available to the
Every control on the Ribbon is displayed in a group, even when there is only
user, regardless of which tab is selected on the Ribbon. For this reason the
one control in the group. If a control is not active, then it is grayed out,
Quick Access Toolbar is the single location in Rybka Aquarium where
rather than removed from the group.
controls that must always be quickly available to the user are displayed.
Every group has a label positioned below the group. The screenshot below
shows the Annotation group, which contains various controls to annotate
games.

The Quick Access Toolbar can be customized by users to include any
control to which they need

frequent access in order to
Controls
accommodate their specific
The Ribbon can display several types of controls. In addition the Ribbon can work style.
display both a large and a small version of many controls. By using a
combination of large and small controls organized into groups the relative 2.1.4 The Navigation Pane 
importance and the relationship among controls on the Ribbon is visually The Navigation Pane contains 3
conveyed to the user. This arrangement of controls makes it easy for users to panels:
browse the Ribbon and discover new
o Navigation Tree
functionality.
o Action List
Some groups in the Ribbon have little icons o Mode Selector
in the bottom right corner (a Dialog Box

Launcher). Clicking on these icons displays a
full dialog of options for that function group. See the following sections for a
description of these panels.
Other controls in the Ribbon have menu icons that
display a normal menu of options when you click There are two additional
on them. These menu options open new dialogs controls, one at the top and the
as a rule. Note the drop-down arrow below the other one at the bottom of the
label of the “Annotate” control. Navigation Pane:
Use Pane Minimization Button
to hide/show the Navigation

Pane.
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Layout Menu button opens a menu where you can select one of the 2.1.4.2 The Navigation Tree 
functions to control the layout of the Working Area. You can load one of the The Navigation Tree provides centralized
predefined layouts, including the default layout. The current layout can also navigation and easy access to all currently
be saved under a name chosen by the user. If one of the Working Area available views, such as lists and games. All
panels has been hidden (intentionally or accidentally) you can always open views are listed in a tree structure. A
restore it using the Layout Menu button. view can be a list of games or a single game.
In the example shown in the image, the
2.1.4.1 The Mode Selector 
following views are available:
The Mode Selector area contains 5
buttons. Each button is used to switch to - A list containing all 11 games from the
the specified mode: "RybkaWCCC2007" database.
Play, Sandbox, Engines, Engines - Three games from the "RybkaWCCC2007" list.
competitions, Database. - The game Loop - Rybka is highlighted as it is the current game in the
The Navigation Tree and the layout of Working Area.
the Working Area are changed - A list of over 3 100 000 games from the "Hugebase" database. This
correspondingly. database is stored in Chess Assistant CDP format. This format allows
Another way to switch to a different extremely fast position searches. One Main Database and one Reference
mode is by using the Aquarium Menu. It Database can be open at the same time. In this case the Main Database is
requires a few more clicks but offers additional options for each mode. "RybkaWCCC2007" and the Reference Database is "HugeBase".
Play. In this mode you can play against the program. You can play a normal Note the small 'x' after each view. Clicking the 'x' closes the corresponding
game of chess, handicap chess (material or engine strength handicap) and view.
Fischerandom or Chess960.
2.1.4.3 Action List 
Sandbox. Here you can view and analyze a game without committing it to
The Action List provides access to some of the
a database. This is the ideal place to do a quick analysis of a game or a
most used functions in the current mode.
position you pick up from the Internet before you decide if it is worth saving.
Most often these functions are also available
Some users prefer to use the Sandbox for a major part of their work, but the
on the Ribbon. Clicking on one of the hyper-
advantages of the Sandbox depend on the type of work you are doing. If
links in the Action List performs the
you change your mind you can always save the game in the Sandbox to a
corresponding function.
database.
You can add your favorite functions to the
Engines. This mode is for managing chess engines: Installing new engines,
Action List by clicking on the hyper-link
modifying parameters and removing engines.
"Define custom action", and then selecting a button on the Ribbon,
Engine Competitions is the place where you organize and run tournaments designed to perform the functions you want assigned to the hyper-link.
and matches between chess engines.
2.1.5 The Working Area 
Database allows you to manage game databases, lists of games and
The Working Area is used to display game lists, individual games, games
individual games. You can analyze individual games and positions or a
played against the program etc. Each such view is normally composed of
whole list of games. Games can also be commented, copied and pasted.
several windows or panes. These are dockable windows, which means that
This mode also offers advanced tree operations.
you can drag them with your mouse and place them anywhere you like.
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