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Subject: Re: CB quote from Donninger about Hydra.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:49:44 06/27/05

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On June 27, 2005 at 11:57:32, emerson tan wrote:

>On June 27, 2005 at 10:59:47, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On June 27, 2005 at 05:26:12, Günther Simon wrote:
>>
>>>*Hydra's chief programmer Chrilly Donninger said: “In our quest to prove the
>>>power of Hydra we could not have hoped for a better outcome. This is a far more
>>>difficult opponent than Kasparov, and Adams has played extremely well. So we are
>>>very pleased with the performance of our machine"*
>>>
>>>IMHO he leaves the ground now...
>>
>>Isn´t Chrilly Donninger known for "blowing hot air"?
>>A quick search in my database revealed the score of Kasparov against Adams since
>>1997: +8 =8 -0.
>>So his statement above is pure Nonsense.
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
>>>
>>>At least two conclusions of above quote are far from reality already.
>>>
>>>Guenther
>
>I remember the programmer said that gary is an easier opponent because gary
>takes more risk


Garry is also a much better "calculator".



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