Author: Mark Young
Date: 09:52:36 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 08:41:16, Bob Durrett wrote: > > >The fact is that Hydra whipped a bunch of conventional chess computers at >Paderborn. That fact is indisputable. > >How??? > >How could Hydra, chugging away at the clock rate of a slow snail, win against >the high-nps conventional machines? > >They say "nps isn't everything." But could the truth be "nps isn't anything"? > >Maybe conventional wisdom ["The Earth is flat"] isn't right after all. > >Does anybody understand what happened? I feel that the results were monumental! > >Bob D. What results are monumental? Winning one tournament? You act like a star struck kid who thinks his hero is unbeatable. In reality it maybe all show. I would stay a fan of computer chess and not ask to many questions. As it is clear you have little understanding of chess or computer chess.
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