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Subject: Re: Why did hydra team chose adams?

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 02:25:00 05/26/05

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On May 25, 2005 at 16:17:35, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 25, 2005 at 16:09:10, Tony Werten wrote:
>
>>On May 25, 2005 at 15:40:14, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On May 25, 2005 at 10:33:32, emerson tan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Why did hydra team chose adams? Leko and kramnik styles seem to more appropriate
>>>>against a computer. Anand is also well adapted to play against a computer. I
>>>>like to see if hydra can defeat Kramnik's berlin wall. Anand keep on exchanging
>>>>pieces against a computer before that with very few materials. it wasnt able to
>>>>create winning chances.
>>>
>>>
>>>      Nobody except the Hydra team will know. We can however
>>>      expect an interesting match providet Adams plays for
>>>      a win.
>>>      Kurt
>>
>>Maybe. OTOH it also might be interesting to see if he can draw. Humans that not
>>play for a win seem to be hard to defeat.
>>
>>Humans that not play for a win but recognize a change to win without a danger of
>>losing have the best chance to beat a computer imo. Most humans however seem to
>>forget this strategy after winning 1 game.
>>
>>But still, if Adams can draw any game at will, chessprograms still have a long
>>way to go.
>>
>>Tony
>
>If Adams can draw any game at will then I can congratulate him for solving
>chess.

I fail to see the logic in this.

The fact that Adams can draw me at will doesn't mean he has solved chess does it
? But when he can draw Hydra it does ?

Tony

>
>Uri



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