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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:22:39 02/25/05

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On February 25, 2005 at 04:08:36, Tony Werten wrote:

>On February 25, 2005 at 03:07:09, Peter Skinner wrote:
>
>>On February 25, 2005 at 00:53:32, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On February 24, 2005 at 16:55:09, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>Well it has certainly been kicking the crap out of Shredder, which is the
>>>>strongest software program.
>>>>
>>>>When was the last time Hydra lost a game in competition?
>>>
>>>Last computerchess tournament it participated (CSVN april 2004) it lost to
>>>Shredder, in round 5, (out of 11). So (if counting correctly) I'd say 11 games
>>>ago.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>Was there not a Hydra - Shredder match a while ago? If so what was the final
>>score?
>
>Yes, I think it ended 6-2 (no loss for Hydra), so if you consider playing the
>same opponent 8 times is "in competition" then you should add 8.
>
>Tony

As far as I remember it was 5.5-2.5 for hydra but
it is important to know that based on the claims that I read later the shredder
that was used was weaker then public shredder like the shredder of WCCC because
stefan accidentally deleted code from it.

Uri



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