Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 06:01:45 06/27/05
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On June 27, 2005 at 03:10:02, Drexel,Michael wrote: >I don´t understand your argumentation: > >Shredder is tuned for computer (absolutely correct) > >Hydra is tuned for human players (I don´t fully agree, it was probably only >tuned for the Adams match) > >I don´t understand your conclusion Shredder therefore would get killed in such >a match. AFAIK know Hydra is a computer. > >Are you better informed than we are. Is Hydra a Turk with Bobby Fischer inside? >:) > >Michael Shredder has already been destroyed once by Hydra. Sure the excuse has been offered that Shredder was a beta version and was extremely buggy. (Why play such a match with a non-stable version escapes logic, but ok... I'll buy it). Even taking into account the "buggy version", Hydra dominated Shredder. It simply played at a level that a non-buggy Shredder could perform at. It is better tactically _and_ positionally. I would be willing to wager my kids to a Martha Stewart child labour factory that even a "stable" Shredder wouldn't take a single game from the same machine that faced Adams. From games that I have seen Shredder play at 120 0 on ICC vs GM's way below the level of Adams, Hydra would kill it positionally. While I would love to see the match happen, I think Junior would be a much more challenging opponent for Hydra. It is a positional program, and isn't just tuned for computer play. Peter
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