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Subject: Re: Hydra Mystery Remains Unsolved

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 11:46:15 02/17/04

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On February 17, 2004 at 12:52:36, Mark Young wrote:

>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.

Thanks, Mark  [Perceptions can be wrong sometimes.]

Bob D.



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