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Subject: Re: More from Chrilly about Hydra - Wait a minute!

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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