Author: Rex
Date: 04:16:25 02/27/05
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On February 27, 2005 at 07:03:13, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 27, 2005 at 06:27:00, Ernst Walet wrote: > >>On February 27, 2005 at 06:09:15, Sandro Necchi wrote: >> >>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:00:06, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>>On February 27, 2005 at 05:54:35, Rex wrote: >>>> >>>>>With all that was learned out of IPCCC I sure would like a "free" update. >>>>> >>>>>Enjoy >>>> >>>> I am almost sure that there will be no such update. >>>> At Paderborn an experimental version of Shredder 9 >>>> is participating and nobody knows about the real >>>> playing strength of it. >>>> Kurt >>> >>> >>>No, we have used the same 9.0 version. >>> >>>We only used a modified book for the tournament...an intermediate version for >>>the next WCCC or match against Hydra hoping someone can arrange it. >>> >>>Sandro >> >>Hydra has beated Shredder once in a match (and here in Paderborn), what can they >>gain from a rematch? > >What did they gain from the previous match? >Hydra did not become commercial. >Is there a single company that sells more products thanks to the success of >hydra. > >I also never understood what IBM earned from the match of deep blue that they >could not earn from a rematch after they won. > >If we talk about advertisment then people could read about deep blue in the >newspaper regardless of the final result and I doubt if there is a single human >who buy from IBM when the result is 3.5-2.5 for IBM against kasparov and stop to >buy from IBM if the result is 3.5-2.5 for kasparov in a rematch. > >Uri If Team Hydra developed a hardware based "consumer grade" Chess program, I would purchase it.
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