Author: Chessfun
Date: 13:52:04 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 16:31:36, George Tsavdaris 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. > > You talk like trying to find excuses for the Hydra's loses. Not excuses, simple facts. Obviously a dual will win games from the quad. Even if Hydra don't >use 8 x 2.8 Intel Xeon but a 4 x 2.8 Intel Xeon, i could not say this is a >disadvantage as a quad is already better than most computers out there. > > Anyway i don't say Hydra is a little strong or not strong and in fact i believe >it is on the same level with the others, but also i believe if it >would be tested by SSDF on a regular PC, i think it would end below Shredder 8 >and Deep Fritz 8. All this of course are just speculations. I hope in the NEAR >future Hydra cards become commercial. They have for sure one customer. Me! Speculations based on what a few games you've seen a playchess. As I wrote there is no basis for a conclusion on a few games. IMO also no need to even post an opinion either way. Sarah.
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