Author: Earl Fuller
Date: 21:28:10 06/26/05
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On June 27, 2005 at 00:07:18, Peter Kappler wrote: >On June 26, 2005 at 23:48:10, Earl Fuller wrote: > >>On June 26, 2005 at 23:34:45, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>>Pablo,___:) there still is a match that needs to take place and that is >>>>Shredder vs Hydra______it's a match that must happen. 12 or 16 games at 40/2 >>>>Hydra can't claim to be the top dog till it beats the number one SSDF rated >>>>program and that is Shredder. >>>>earl >>> >>>It has beat Shredder on more than one occasion and that was a weaker version of >>>Hydra :) >> >>One or two games here or there,___:) and i think one or two of the games the >>Shredder team was using a laptop____in any case, they have not played a match >>and thats what needs to happen. Besides, Shredder is the top rated PC program in >>the world and has been for some time. And now there is Hydra, a special built >>computer just for chess, __but it has not proven itself to be the top dog till >>it defeats the number one rated program in a match series. >>Wouldn't you like to see that match ?____i would. >>earl > > >Hi Earl, > >I was trying to be funny in my other post where I predicted the score of an >8-game Hydra-Shredder match would be 5.5-2.5. Apparently nobody picked up on >it, so I'll tell you the punchline - the match you are dreaming about has >already happened. > >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1854 >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1860 >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1866 >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1875 > >-Peter Peter i remember the match, 8 games. But i also remember the shredder team having trouble with there pc and the last minute adjustments ___ I think that a real match must take place at 40/2 for 12 games. I know, wishfull thinking (hoping) on my part, but we have to defeat this beast from the east____lol Didn't they play some games from a laptop ?___seems so, but in any case the shredder team is our only hope to defeat Hydra_____Humm, unless we could get IBM to re-build Deep Blue to challenge Hydra___interesting___east vs West earl
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