Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 05:56:20 08/20/04
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On August 20, 2004 at 07:48:12, Sune Larsson wrote: >On August 20, 2004 at 07:02:51, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>On August 20, 2004 at 06:38:19, Duncan Roberts wrote: >> >>>GM Vlamidirov of Kazakhstan lost three matches to Hydra in the human vs machine >>>category in the Abu Dhabi chess festival. The GM played 3 matches in a row and >>>the time control was 60 min. and 30 second per move. The GM commented that Hydra >>>was stronger than he expected. The fourth match will be played on 24th of August >>>at 07:00 EST and can be viewed at playchess server. >>> >> >>STronger than he expected? how stupid is this man? >>the machine is 50x faster than standard desktop hardware, is beating the hell >>out of the engine room on playchess, beating the hell out of Shredder 8 on quad >>opterons and he expected a cakewalk? >> >>just another example of how ignorant and self absorbed some GM's truely are. > > > > ...or simply not interested in computer chess... > > /S that is no excuss before you play anyone in chess in the public eye as a professional you do a little back ground research, you look into what your playing, look at games, talk to people and see just how strong this thing is not walk in blindly like a fool
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