Author: Terry Giles
Date: 15:58:05 02/20/06
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On February 20, 2006 at 18:37:30, stuart taylor wrote: >On February 20, 2006 at 18:25:09, Terry Giles wrote: > >>On February 20, 2006 at 18:13:11, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On February 20, 2006 at 11:41:24, Lubo Lubop wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>The match is sheduled for September in Abu Dabi. >>>>If Topalov win he will receive 1 million $ >>>>For more info in Bulgarian only: >>>>http://www.topsport.bg/article.php?cid=7&aid=37417 >>> >>>Why not Rybka? I thought Rybka was the strongest at the momment. >>>S.Taylor >> >> >>Rybka is a chess engine (software only) which runs on conventional PC's. >>Hydra is a specialised combination of hardware and software and non-commercial. >> >>Terry > >And would that make it atleast 50 elo points stronger than the finished Rybka on >fast dual processor, soon? >(I find that hard to believe) >S.Taylor Who knows? However Hydra did beat England's top GM Michael Adams 5.5 - 0.5 in their six game match. I would be most surprised if Rybka could achieve quite such a one-sided result. I'm hoping that a match between Hydra and Rybka may come about - it would prove most interesting. Terry
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