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Subject: Re: Preliminary List of participants of WCCC (no Hydra)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:09:05 05/21/04

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On May 21, 2004 at 04:28:30, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On May 21, 2004 at 01:27:10, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Yes I am really disappointed when Hydra is not there. Because Diep and Sjeng has
>>no REAL chances to medals this is like Chessbase championship between Shredder,
>>Fritz and Junior - it can be easier to arrange in Hamburg... OK let's hope some
>>strong last minute addition to list!
>>
>>Jouni
>
>With this reasoning I'd suggest Stefan Meyer Kahlen's basement, since
>Hydra never gave the impression of being close to Shredders strenght.
>They just have more hype.
>
>--
>GCP

Hydra already won a tournament that shredder also participated.

See http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1481

It does not do Hydra favourite to win(winning one tournament is not a proof and
shredder won more tournaments) but it certainly give the impression of being
close to shredder's strength.

Uri



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