Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 13:57:25 07/01/05
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On July 01, 2005 at 16:27:09, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On July 01, 2005 at 14:25:23, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>Don´t spout Nonsense here. >>Hydra is a "strategical Patzer" like all the other machines. > >I'm just observing some facts , specialized machines like Hydra did crush a >strong GM that did his best against this monster...if you say that Hydra is a >strategical patzer, Michael Adams and other people doesn't say so...the machine >did play as a god of chess for them. >That single game doesn't say nothing to me , I trust more a GM than your >opinion...with all the respect for your opinion. > >w.b.r. >Otello Sorry, but I think Michael (not Adams) is right here. Especially in the last game Hydra played like a strategical patzer. After the rook Rc7-e7-c7 manouevre I actually expected it to repeat moves, which it maybe would have, if Adams didn't push so agressively. What I read from the interview with Adams, is that he could not well prepare, he agrees that he made some strategical mistakes. He says Hydra played incredibly strong, but I think he only wants to make his own performance better than it was, that is to say incredible poor. You trust a chess player that wants to make his results look better. It is not only the one game that Michael showed, but also that Hydra didn't get to the quarter final in the freestyle chess challenge, outperformed by two 1800 players using PC programs... I don't want to make Hydra look bad, it is really strong, maybe the strongest chess computer on the planet, maybe tactically the most consistent chess player, but I doubt it's generally the best chess player, and it's definitely _not_ god. regards Andy >>>From Adams interview at chessbase >>>... >>>"I think it proves that Hydra is a much stronger ‘player’ than any other >>>computer in the world. We may not be able to measure its strength in Elo, but it >>>is huge. I also suspect Hydra is stronger than any other human opponent. Okay, >>>it has to be proved in the future, but this is my impression at the moment and I >>>suspect it is accurate. I mean from my point of view I don’t think I played >>>terribly. I did my best and it just wasn’t good enough." >>> >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello
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