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Subject: Re: Hydra Mystery Remains Unsolved

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:31:52 02/17/04

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On February 17, 2004 at 20:19:44, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On February 17, 2004 at 20:15:22, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 17, 2004 at 20:10:25, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>You got that right!
>>>
>>>The Hydra mystery is especially mysterious because they seem to have produced
>>>Hydra for a halfway reasonable amount of money.  That is the REAL
>>>accomplishment!  What could they have accomplished if money were no problem?
>>
>>How much did they spend?
>
>All we can do is speculate.
>
>I'm sure it's more money than I have.  They had ChessBase sponsorship earlier
>and then a new sponsor later but I doubt that either will reveal the amounts.
>
>That would probably be "top secret."
>
>You surely don't think that the sponsors put up $1,000,000 do you?

Why not?

ChessBase spends that much for a single contest against Kasparov or the other
greats with their current engines.

And the new sponsor might be willing to spend even more.



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