Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 14:49:18 07/01/05
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On July 01, 2005 at 16:57:25, Andreas Guettinger wrote: > >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... About the bad performance in that event I find out some comments from Hydra Team: Q: Were there any problems that may have influenced the result of the Hydra machines? A: Not with Hydra Chimera, but we played with a very new version of Hydra Scylla that had been installed two days before the start of the event. It was not fully tested, and __that influenced the results of Hydra Scylla in the Freestyle tournament__. Q: What conclusions do you draw from this event (so far), and from the results achieved by the Hydra machines. A: We are very happy to organize such tournament, which we suppose is the strongest ever tournament in which Hydra took part. It helps us a lot to improve and remove the mistakes of Hydra. Probably there is no better way for us to gather the strongest chess players, equipped chess engines and working in teams. We have plans to arrange more such kind of tournaments in future. >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. I'd say a semi-god, not definitely a _god_ of chess , that is perfect by definition. w.b.r. Otello
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