Author: Chessfun
Date: 12:07:04 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 14:44:16, Mark Young wrote: >On February 17, 2004 at 14:40:33, Chessfun wrote: > >>On February 17, 2004 at 14:31:37, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On February 17, 2004 at 14:24:23, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On February 17, 2004 at 13:48:16, Mark Young wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hydra >>>>>8 x 2.8 Xeon & 8 FPGA Cards >>>>> >>>>>Total games 47 >>>>>Stored results 47 >>>>>White 24 >>>>>Wins 19 >>>>>Draws 16 >>>>>Losses 12 >>>>> >>>>>Results 27/47 = 57.4% >>>>>Opponents Elo 2604 >>>>>N Opponents 31 >>>>> >>>>>Rating 2634 >>>>> >>>>>I see nothing in the results or games to suggest at this time. That Hydra is the >>>>>end all, be all future of computer chess. >>>> >>>>Hydra had quite a few set up problems when first running on Playchess. >>>>There were a lot of losses on time. >>>> >>>>Prior to Paderborn it's rating was AFAIK about 2500 and since Paderborn again >>>>AFAIK it has lost only one game. >>>> >>>>Since Paderborn IOW maybe the last 10 games to my knowledge those results are >>>>accurate. But jumping to conclusions without basis is IMO pointless, for all you >>>>know they are experimenting with either hardware or software. >>>> >>>>Hopefully Erdogan will post to this thread. >>>> >>>>Sarah. >>> >>>Last 10 game results for Hydra +2 -4 =4 on Playchess.com >> >>Yes seems those 4 games are in the other thread. >>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?349782 >> >>All I'm saying is it's hard to take the results seriously when there are other >>factors at play. Book moves (see other thread) hardware not being 8x and who >>knows what else. >> >>However there are also some really fast dual cpu's running at Playchess, and I >>would assume they will always have a chance to win. >> >>Sarah. > >You are making my point. I see the same results for Hydra that other people see >on CCC. I see nothing yet to HYPE. Probably because I agree. Although I'm not sure there is much hype. But I am saying this, don't let the results at playchess fool anyone into thinking this isn't a very strong program. And I wouldn't use them as being typical of expected results from Hydra. Sarah.
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