[2] Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew up in Prague.

[3] He later spent years in the United States as a student, graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

[9] On 28 June 2011, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) determined that Rajlich had plagiarized two other chess software programs: Crafty and Fruit.

[10] The ICGA sanction for Vasik Rajlich and Rybka was the disqualification from the World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

[11] Vasik Rajlich is banned for life from competing in the WCCC or any other event organized by or sanctioned by the ICGA.