Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 08:28:48 06/25/05
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On June 25, 2005 at 02:55:26, Peter Skinner wrote: >On June 24, 2005 at 20:28:28, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>"Some" lucky users on chessbase have done it, but not many, and I'm not even >>sure if its the newest version with the best hardware which has done that. For >>a human to beat hydra, especially Adams, they would not only have to come up >>with an amazing opening, come up with an amazing middlegame but play every >>subsequent move after that so that the advantage is clear and that hydra could >>not force a draw. Hydra seems to invincible when it comes to fighting humans, >>it seems impossible atleast to me, that any human could beat it, based on its >>performance to date, as well as its theoretical potential ie, fide rating. > >Adams is simply getting away from the fundamentals of playing a computer. > >Swapping off material and making it a tactical game is playing into Hydra's >hands, or any computer for that matter. > >It is common sense when you think about. Keep something on each file (they are >all bean counters), keep as much material on the board as possible (give them >more beans to count, thus slowing it down), and wait for a mistake. Oh.. and >play flawlessly yourself. > >Pick an opening that you have prepared really well for/against, and just play >solid chess. > >Topolov proved that Hydra could be beat, only to fudge the game and wind up with >a draw. > >Peter a few things to consider 1. hydra didn't have its upgrade yet 2. topolov made a 'mistake' or less than perfect move, like all humans eventually will
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