Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:21:08 02/20/06
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On February 20, 2006 at 18:58:05, Terry Giles wrote: >On February 20, 2006 at 18:37:30, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On February 20, 2006 at 18:25:09, Terry Giles wrote: >> >>>On February 20, 2006 at 18:13:11, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On February 20, 2006 at 11:41:24, Lubo Lubop wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>The match is sheduled for September in Abu Dabi. >>>>>If Topalov win he will receive 1 million $ >>>>>For more info in Bulgarian only: >>>>>http://www.topsport.bg/article.php?cid=7&aid=37417 >>>> >>>>Why not Rybka? I thought Rybka was the strongest at the momment. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>> >>>Rybka is a chess engine (software only) which runs on conventional PC's. >>>Hydra is a specialised combination of hardware and software and non-commercial. >>> >>>Terry >> >>And would that make it atleast 50 elo points stronger than the finished Rybka on >>fast dual processor, soon? >>(I find that hard to believe) >>S.Taylor > >Who knows? >However Hydra did beat England's top GM Michael Adams 5.5 - 0.5 in their six >game match. I would be most surprised if Rybka could achieve quite such a >one-sided result. I'm hoping that a match between Hydra and Rybka may come about >- it would prove most interesting. > >Terry Perhaps they are both stronger than the Deep Blue which beat Kasparov (in playing strength, even if not in proccessor power). [even Fritz 3 on a not so fast machine scored a victory in punlic over DB not long before it was set up for Kasparov]. S.Taylor
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