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Subject: Re: Last 10 game result for Hydra 2 wins, 4 Losses, 4 Draws

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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