Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 00:43:44 04/21/05
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On April 21, 2005 at 01:47:32, emerson tan wrote: >On April 20, 2005 at 16:32:27, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>On April 20, 2005 at 16:18:42, Tony Petters wrote: >> >>>I am talking about a long time control game against Human grandmasters ? >>> >>>Their website claims it is over 3000 ELO, if so it is stronger than the Super >>>GMs. >>> >>>How many calculations a second does it make ? >>> >>>What chess program are they running on their specialized hardware ? >>> >>>Cordially >> >>As far as i know the 3000 Elo estimate is the only official estimate i am aware >>of, but if you consider the source... ;) >> >>I would say it is around 2850-2920, so Kasparov at his best without the >>occasional human breakdown :) >> >>BTW i predict the match will end with 3 draws and 3 wins for Hydra. > > >If kasparov will just play for draw in all its games, he can easily score 6 >draws. Kramnik. anand and leko can also do that and pull down hydra's rating Against a strong ordinary desktop computer i agree with you, but against Hydra i am not so sure as they cannot prepare against it and all the human factor that is part of the equation in these scenarios, such as the certainty that if they only play for draws one little mistake is not reversable and they will have to fighting for much longer than a human can really tolerate in terms of "keeping it together" over a 6 games match where the computer has no such thought processes. Also gambling is in the human nature (atleast for most people) and i would be very surprised if Adams has not already once thought that each time he draws he loses 15.000$ and planned a strategy for that, 2 wins and one draw is worth the same amount of money for him as 6 draws, they have really made some clever decisions in terms of deviding the money as there is much more strategy that comes into play when you do it this way, in other words more aspects that cater to human frailty :)
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