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Subject: Re: Hydra / Adams fake? Wake up and come out of your bubble

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 03:52:53 06/29/05

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On June 29, 2005 at 06:38:08, Robert Hollay wrote:

>On June 29, 2005 at 06:15:27, Tony Nichols wrote:
>
>>On June 29, 2005 at 05:25:51, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>>
>>>On June 29, 2005 at 01:45:49, Tony Nichols wrote:
>>>
>>>>GM's to take computer matches more seriously. As it stands they never know if
>>>>they will get to play a comp match or not, Preparation for a comp match could
>>>>just be a waste of time. Clearly there must be huge incentive for a GM to devote
>>>>the necessary amount of time to preparing for such matches. I don't think a one
>>>>off match is good enough. Maybe, If we had annual matches top GM's would be
>>>>convinced that all the preperation would pay off?
>>>>Regards
>>>>Tony
>>>
>>>The incentive was quite huge in monetary form in the Hydra Match...and also in
>>>past Man machine events.
>>>
>>>w.b.r.
>>>Otello
>>
>>Yes, The money was huge, But not so huge that Adams would take a few months to
>>prepare. He is a very active GM. Time preparing would mean time not earning
>>money. Even if he scored say 3.5-2.5. The type of preparation spent for a comp
>>match would do him no good for the rest of his career. In fact, It could hurt
>>his results as it did with Kramnik after he played Fritz. I'm not making excuses
>>  for humans. Hydra played very strong. If a top GM prepares fully for a match,
>>He may still get crushed. At least, Then we will know the true strength of
>>Hydra.
>>Regards
>>Tony
>
>
> Maybe Hydra's appropriate opponent should not be a top10 GM, but a GM who
>plays well against comps, and has time and motivation to be well prepared.
> Loek van Wely, for example, who achieved a draw against Rebel (2002).
> GM Loek van Wely about the match: "You can not play your own style
>against the computer, that's about close to suicide, you must play the
>anti-computer strategy and be well prepared, I played about 100 games against
>REBEL as part of my preparation."
>
>  If you invite a "normal" top GM to play against computers, it's like asking
>Luciano Pavarotti to sing Hip-hop.
>
>Robert

i Robert i agree on your computer chess appropriate opponent.

as for as hip-hop did you mean to play hip-hop.

gerold.



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