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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:09:32 02/25/05

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On February 25, 2005 at 05:58:26, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 25, 2005 at 05:32:28, Joachim Rang 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.
>>
>>most probably this statement is true for all time controls. For correspondance
>>there might be TEAMS which are better than Hydra (GM Nickel with engine help for
>>example), but as for a singel entity Hydra is probably the best. It beat
>>Shredder 8 which is a very strong program handily with 5-3
>
>No
>
>It did not play shredder8 but some version of shredder that probably has a bug
>because stefan deleted some code accidentally(I believe the reports of sandro)
>
>I also do not remember it play in blitz tournaments.
>We simply do not have enough data to know
>
>Uri

I can add that hydra is also many processors that consult so complaining about
the fact that correspondence GM can also consult witb computers is unfair.

If one side has the right to consult the second side should also get the right
to consult.

I think that a match of a program that use more than one processor against human
who can consult with nobody can not show superiority of the machines relative to
humans.


If the target is to find if machines are already better than humans then there
is no reason to have a match between parallel version of Shredder or Junior or
Fritz(4 processors) against kasparov when kasparov has no right to choose team
of 3 humans that he can consult with them.

Uri



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