Author: David H. McClain
Date: 19:55:17 06/06/05
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On June 06, 2005 at 19:43:07, Mark Ryan wrote: >Some more of Chrilly's comments at chessgames.com: > > >June 4: >Besides these, Hydra is not unbeatable at all. We estimate that the programm has >about 2950 Elo. Fritz, Shredder about 2800. 150 Elo more does not mean, that one >can not loose. The combination of strong human player plus Shredder&Fritz is >according our internal results about as strong as Hydra. > As a layman, let me see if this is a valid deduction: The theory is that every doubling of speed is worth about 40 ELO points. I think this has been stated here many times. If that is a viable estimate, then Hydra is acutally much weaker that Shedder on equal hardware. Correct? If that is the case, then what is the point the Hydra team is trying to make? Well, to me they are proving that there is a point that is reached where nothing is given in return, and they seem to have already surpassed this point but don't know it. DHM
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