Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 19:05:23 02/17/04
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On February 17, 2004 at 20:31:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Well, in that case it might be easy for Hyatt to find a sponsor! : ) Bob D.
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