Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 05:29:47 02/14/04
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On February 13, 2004 at 17:08:29, Chessfun wrote: >On February 13, 2004 at 15:18:08, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>On February 13, 2004 at 15:07:51, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2004 at 15:06:08, Joachim Rang wrote: >>> >>>>On February 13, 2004 at 15:02:54, Bob Durrett wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>How did Hydra get such a high rating? Has it been playing under a different >>>>>name? Is the programmer new? >>>>> >>>>>Bob D. >>>> >>>>Hydra is Brutus the Hardwareproject from Chrilly Donninger. >>>> >>>>regards Joachim >>> >>>So, has Brutus been sporting this high rating lately? >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>Graz 03 I think! >> >>Well these rating numbers are just guesses I don't know for which purpose, but >>at least Brutus has shown in Graz that it is on a par with the Chessbase-Trio. >> >>regards Joachim > > >Was it not after Graz that Chessbase decided to drop the project and now it's >funded by sponsorship. Not sure if they even still have any stake in it. > >Sarah. Yes you are right. Chessbase dropped the project, since it in their eyes did not achieve the goal: to be at least 50 Elopoints stronger than the best software-based engines. Donninger decided to continue on his own and has no obviously found a sponsor, see: http://www.hydrachess.com/
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