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Subject: Re: Hydra???

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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