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Subject: Re: GM Arno Nickel: 'Adams can beat Hydra'

Author: Madhavan

Date: 08:01:50 06/20/05

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On June 20, 2005 at 10:59:54, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On June 20, 2005 at 10:47:43, Madhavan wrote:
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>>On June 20, 2005 at 10:42:53, Sune Larsson wrote:
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>>>On June 20, 2005 at 10:13:55, Madhavan wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>>In any case Hydra is favourite.
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>>> Nonsense? Why so disrespectful - and just how do you read his article? I find
>>>this:
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>>>"...he *might* achieve a *draw*, that means 3:3. **Maybe** he can even beat
>>>Hydra, if..."
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>>I havent read the whole article as I just noticed some headlines and a few
>>description.
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>>subject title is all that matters,clearly claims "Adams can beat Hydra" instead
>>of 3:3
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>>see the subject title later the content.
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>  So, do you think this subject title comes from GM Nickel - or from Chessbase?
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>  "Before you make a move you must learn to sometimes sit on your hands..."

It comes from you,thats how you were doing.

>  /S


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>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2462
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>>>>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.
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>>>>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.
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>>>>Once again what is your bet on the match Hydra-Adams...?
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>>>>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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