22 Dec 05
Originally posted by skimsThe median rating has been determined by several to be about 1290.
Hi. Does anybody have any idea what the average rating is on RHP? (excluding provisional players)
If not, how would I find out? Is there an easy way to get a good estimate?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Skims 😀
23 Dec 05
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Originally posted by alexstclaireHydra which lived in the swamps near to the ancient city of Lerna in Argolis, was a terrifying monster which like the Nemean lion was the offspring of Echidna (half maiden - half serpent), and Typhon (had 100 heads), but that aside he was a cracking chess player.
what's/who's hydra, i know that probably a dumb question, o well....
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by leestaticman i should have known that
Hydra which lived in the swamps near to the ancient city of Lerna in Argolis, was a terrifying monster which like the Nemean lion was the offspring of Echidna (half maiden - half serpent), and Typhon (had 100 heads), but that aside he was a cracking chess player.
23 Dec 05
Though the sites appear to be down at the moment, information about Hydra used to be (and may be again) available at:
http://www.hydrachess.com
Information about the tournament where it slaughtered Michael Adams was available at:
http://tournament.hydrachess.com
In short, Hydra is a chess engine that runs on 32 HP DL380 Xeon servers. For the tournament it only used 16 of the servers, but the gist is they run in parallel and is alleged to be the most powerful chess engine in the world. It has never been defeated by a human (though it has been drawn against).
23 Dec 05
Originally posted by TippedKingInternational Grandmaster Arno Nickel beat Hydra in a two-game correspondence match lasting six months but he had program help.
Though the sites appear to be down at the moment, information about Hydra used to be (and may be again) available at:
http://www.hydrachess.com
Information about the tournament where it slaughtered Michael Adams was available at:
http://tournament.hydrachess.com
In short, Hydra is a chess engine that runs on 32 HP DL380 Xeon servers. For the ...[text shortened]... engine in the world. It has never been defeated by a human (though it has been drawn against).
24 Dec 05
Originally posted by leestaticYes. That's right. But there are different versions of Hydra. When it comes out on retail (and I don't know when it will), undoubtably it won't be nearly as strong. Nickel played the Chimera version. Adams lost 4 1/2 - 1/2 OTB to Hydra Scylla, a stronger version, I believe.
International Grandmaster Arno Nickel beat Hydra in a two-game correspondence match lasting six months but he had program help.
Here are the Nickel- Hydra matches if anyone's interested:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1339073
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1339074
And an excellent website on the matter by Nickel:
http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/interviews/n050620.htm
24 Dec 05
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Originally posted by TippedKingThat's not actually correct. There is a Correspondence GM who beat it in a correspondence game. I read about it on chessbase but i forget the GM in question... I believe he was using computer assistance though... 😉
It has never been defeated by a human (though it has been drawn against).
EDIT: Looks like i'm not the only one ^ 😉