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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