Author: gerold daniels
Date: 20:27:48 06/06/05
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On June 06, 2005 at 22:55:17, David H. McClain wrote: >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. >>strong human player 2800 +shredder + Fritz. could be a lot stronger than 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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