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Subject: Re:Join the event and let Zappa zap Hydra

Author: Madhavan

Date: 23:14:56 08/31/05

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On August 31, 2005 at 23:25:40, A. Cozzie wrote:

>On August 31, 2005 at 23:02:33, Madhavan wrote:
>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?446675
>>
>>Participant list looks very interesting.Hydra,Gandalf and Ikarus is more likely
>>to join the event
>>
>>If Fritz programmer gives a damn to let his program to play at the
>>paderborn,then the tournament would be even more interesting with only junior
>>and crafty left.

Hi Anthony!

>Interesting is of course a subjective definition, so its up to you :)

Yes,many well known commercial programs entering the paderborn is very
entertaining.There should be a lot of audiences spectating the event,I'd expect
more fans of computer chess turn up crazily kibitzing over the game at ICC.

unfortunately,there are only about 300 chess program users,If you consider all
chess players use and test chess programs quite actively,then the computer chess
fans would outwit the crazy Real Madrid club fans.
[no pun intended]

>From a strength perspective I think they are about equal, if you consider >Junior
>= Hydra and


>8xCrafty = Gandalf.

Gandalf is slightly better than Crafty,but gandalf needs a decent hardware,its
lacking.

> Of course, if you think Hydra 'computes on
>water', to mangle an old english saying, then you probably don't agree.

I give Hydra a slight advantage over Junior,becasue people are not much
impressed by Junior's play the last WCCC.Shredder defeated Junior,I'd expect
Hydra to defeat Junior very easily,but thats underestimation.

>Personally I would put Hydra as the favorite, unless Zappa improves a lot in the
>next 4 months - which it won't,

It would.It has improved a great deal in its play.Why not use the WCCC 05 Zappa
version and see the result at Paderborn,I'd like[people do] to see unchanged
Zappa WCCC play at Paderborn,Don't change too much,Anthony, I'm impatient[hate
me for saying that].Don't do something on your code that might make Zappa play
less strongly than the last WCCC version.

Oh sorry,If you are going to improve further,do so.
Shredder 7.04 still plays decent chess than shredder 9.
Shredder 9 is doing better than WCCC shredder[see the fruit-shredder game I was
spectating that game at ICC]
that's what makes me tell you not to change too much,still its upto you] :)
I should stop posting immature stuffs here.thanks people for pointing me out
that :)

Zappa WCCC would still do better than Hydra,Hydra's paderborn results were
poor,but that happened a long time back.

> as I'll be busy taking classes and talking to
>professors and in general being a graduate student.

>anthony

WOW!you look like Keanu Reeves in this picture!

http://sjeng.org/iceland/HPIM0553.html




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