Author: stuart taylor
Date: 11:51:21 02/21/06
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On February 21, 2006 at 10:30:19, Albert Silver wrote:
>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
>
>
>Rybka is a single processor program only, so it wouldn't take advantage of a
>second core or CPU even if one were available for it.
>
> Albert
Still, it might play stronger using what it CAN use, than Hydra, using what IT
can use. And that's the main thing, isn't it?
S.Taylor
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