Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 03:12:03 06/02/05
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>Against Machine, i think he is the weakest as in the past all man vs Machine >matches have been decided by Blunders. Well he has the biggest chance of making >a blunder going by his losses to Kasimdazov in Tripoli and recent games. Bt It >can b proven wrong if he prepares well in the Opening and out manuveres Hydra in >the opening cos Hydra uses a relatively small Opening Book. > >One other disadvantage is that Adams can go through the Games of the Hydra >whciah were played by 16 processor clustor and not the 32 Processor monster, >whether he will be able to find any weaknesses? I doubt that the same weaknesses >will be there in 32 processor clustor that is going to play the match. 1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2812 12 1963-04-13 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 25 1969-12-11 3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2778 25 1975-03-15 4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 25 1979-09-08 5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2753 13 1975-06-25 6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739 17 1969-03-18 7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2737 25 1971-11-17 8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2732 13 1976-07-23 9 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2731 18 1983-01-22 10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2725 22 1976-06-17 You say that out of the top 10, Adams is the weakest against computers. Well this poses a few problems, one being that you can't compare any of the players above who have previously played a computer in a serious match (except maybe Kasparov v Deep Blue) with what Adams will face when he is to play Hydra. Second, to my knowledge only 2 other players in the top 10 has previously played a computer similar conditions and one of those are retired, so for comparison purposes that leaves only Kramnik, who have lost more rating lately that Adams and have blundered badly against computers in the past. With this said, i would like to know what you base your assumption on? You also say: ">One other disadvantage is that Adams can go through the Games of the Hydra >whciah were played by 16 processor clustor and not the 32 Processor monster, >whether he will be able to find any weaknesses? I doubt that the same weaknesses >will be there in 32 processor clustor that is going to play the match." Assuming this makes a difference in how a strong human would prepare against Hydra, then i would like to point out that these circumstances would be exactly the same no matter who plays Hydra and i don't see why you use that as an example of how Adams is the weakest to face the computer... Last but not least, you did not say (previously) that Adams was the weakest GM to face Hydra, you said he was the weakest GM in the top 10, i see that you changed your mind on this. My vote in the poll on the match outcome was on 4.5 - 1.5 in Hydras favor (3 draws and 3 wins for Hydra) so i don't leave Adams many chances, there is only one player in the top 10 that i would give better chances, but he is now retired.
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