Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:57:12 02/18/04
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On February 18, 2004 at 02:38:12, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote: > > >xSo,Fritz 8 - HYDRA,Hydra-1.02 (2652) [B52] >Rated game, 10m + 10s Engine Room, 18.02.2004 >[c morris] > >1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 >9.cxd4 Be7 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Nxe5 dxe5 0.53/16 0 13.Bg5 Rad8 0.53/15 > 11 14.Qc1 b5 0.37/14 22 15.Rd1 Qb7 0.44/15 37 16.a3 exd5 0.44/14 31 > 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 0.44/16 35 18.Nxd5 Bh4 0.47/15 29 19.Qe3 Rc8 0.46/14 30 > 20.Qh3 Bg5 0.42/15 0 21.Qf5 f6 0.37/15 0 22.b4 Rc2 0.06/13 26 23.a4 >bxa4 0.11/14 8 24.Rxa4 Rfc8 0.14/13 30 25.h3 Kh8 0.48/13 1:04 >26.Rda1 Ra8 0.60/13 42 27.Qe6 h6 0.51/13 26 28.R4a2 Rc6 0.80/14 26 >29.Qg4 Rc4 0.74/14 28 30.Ra6 Rc6 0.72/13 28 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 0.94/16 0 >32.h4 Bc1 1.17/16 0 33.Ra5 Qc2 1.66/15 42 34.Rc5 Qd2 1.66/15 23 >35.g3 Bb2 1.67/15 30 36.Rc7 Rg8 2.14/15 39 37.Nxf6 gxf6 2.39/15 24 >38.Qf5 Rxg3+ 2.46/15 18 39.Kh2 Rg6 2.77/16 33 40.h5 Qd8 3.09/16 38 >41.Rc8 Qxc8 3.22/17 13 42.Qxc8+ Rg8 3.45/17 20 43.Qa6 Rf8 3.45/16 16 >44.Qxa7 Bd4 4.35/15 18 45.Qe7 Kg8 4.53/16 19 46.b5 Bxf2 4.61/15 12 >47.b6 Bxb6 4.93/16 3 48.Qe6+ Kg7 5.57/19 24 49.Qxb6 Kf7 5.57/17 15 >50.Qd6 Re8 5.66/16 11 51.Qd7+ Re7 5.72/17 28 52.Qf5 Re8 6.84/15 17 >53.Qg6+ Ke7 8.98/16 25 54.Qxh6 Ke6 9.61/15 18 55.Qg6 Rb8 13.26/14 13 >56.h6 Rb2+ 17.31/13 19 57.Kg3 Rb3+ 27.61/14 30 58.Kg4 Rb1 71.42/13 14 > 59.Qe8+ Kd6 71.42/12 0 60.h7 Rg1+ 71.48/13 20 61.Kf5 Rf1+ 71.49/11 >20 62.Kg6 Rg1+ 71.51/12 9 63.Kxf6 Rf1+ 71.51/13 13 64.Kg7 Rg1+ >71.53/14 7 65.Qg6+ Rxg6+ 66.Kxg6 71.55/18 0 Kc5 #11/1 0 67.h8Q Kd4 >68.Kf5 #10/1 0 Kc4 69.Qxe5 #8/1 0 Kb4 70.Qd5 #7/1 0 Kc3 71.Ke5 >#7/1 0 Kc2 72.Kd4 #6/1 0 Kb2 73.e5 #5/1 0 Kb1 74.Kc3 #3/1 0 Ka1 >75.Kb3 #3/1 0 Kb1 76.Qh1# (Lag: Av=0.52s, max=0.9s) #2/1 0 1-0 > >Mind you I only have single cpu (Athlon XP 2700+) and this was without tweaks to >Fritz8. Crafty would crush Hydra in tournament (IMHO) > >2r4k/pq4pp/5p2/3NpQb1/RP2P3/7P/2r2PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 26 >wKg1,Qf5,Nd5,Ra1,a4,Pb4,e4,f2,g2,h3/bKh8,Qb7,Bg5,Rc2,c8,Pa7,e5,f6,g7,h7 Hydra is just a baby. It's easy to beat a baby. Wait until it grows up! Then it will not be so easy to whip it. Bob Hyatt has already explained it. Hardware beats software hands down if it is designed properly due to the possibility of having all of the hardware optimized for chess. A PC is general-purpose and thus far from optimized for chess. Chess software on a general-purpose computer cannot compete with hardware optimized for chess. Fortunately for the software guys, the threat of obsolescence can be a problem for the hardware guys. The software guys can sit back and watch the PC designers make improvements for them. Hardware design and development surely must be similar to the processes of designing and developing software. [There is a dissertation topic here.] Development usually starts with a "breadboard" or an "engineering model." These are far from optimized. That is what we saw at Paderborn. The fully optimized Hydra is still in the future. The real Hydra will stand up soon enough. : ) Bob D.
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