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Subject: Re: Is Hydra "the strongest chess entity in the world"?

Author: Roger D Davis

Date: 14:42:33 02/24/05

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On February 24, 2005 at 13:56:22, James T. Walker wrote:

>This statement at the tournament site is interesting.  Is it really stronger
>than even the strongest humans?  What about postal chess?
>Just asking.

Just think how many games Kasparov or Anand would have to play versus Hydra in
order for the result to be statistically significant...it would have to be some
absurd number. And you couldn't make a definitive statement without a
statistically significant difference. Yet, as far as I know, neither Kasparov or
Anand has played Hydra.

The author is probably basing his statement on the fact that Kasparov and
Kramnik both drew Fritz, Shredder is generally accepted as being stronger than
Fritz, and Hydra is stronger than Shredder. Therefore, Hydra must be stronger
than Kasparov.  Well, maybe and maybe not.

Roger



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