Author: Madhavan
Date: 07:13:55 06/20/05
This guy claims Adams can beat hydra,he has produced enough nonsense in his article to chessbase,since we all know that match is probably going to end in a draw either by match fixing or playing few game and later gambling it to equal score. In any case Hydra is favourite. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2462 Some deficits of Hydra were also seen in the recent PÂL/CSS-Freestyle Tournament on playchess.com, where the sea monster didn't even reach the quarter finals. Nickel: Well, this is of course a hot potato since Hydra as in correspondence chess had to play against strong players, amongst them even some FIDE grandmasters who could use engines as in "advanced chess". I was also surprised by Hydra's failure, but on consideration I realised that all programs including Shredder 9, Fritz 8 and Junior 9 which were also running on strong machines, got into trouble, when playing without human advice. Probably this wouldn't have happened with shorter time limits, let's say 15 minute games or even shorter, but in one hour games (one hour per player plus 15 sec. per move), human chess competence can already show its qualities in tandem with engines. By the way, I also participated in this very interesting event and didn't manage to reach the quarter finals either. However in the process I met Hydra again and played a nice game which was drawn after 102 moves. The sea monster must have gotten tired of attacking my fortress without success. Once again what is your bet on the match Hydra-Adams...? Nickel: Okay, it will very hard for any human being, but as I always hold on for humanity, and especially as Michael Adams is a gifted positional player, I think he might achieve a draw, that means 3:3. Maybe he can even beat Hydra, if he is able to completely control his emotions and avoid any unclear complications. Should this be so, he could succeed where Kasparov failed when playing Deep Blue eight years ago. This would mean that humans have learned since then even though the computers didn't get weaker, but obviously stronger since that time. Hydra, don't forget, is supposed to be stronger than good old Deep Blue!
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