23
June, 2005
Another victory and another
bagging of prize money for the chess super computer HYDRA
today, here at the Wembley Conference Center in London.
The
results so far after day three are as follows: HYDRA 2.5,
Michael Adams 0.5, prize money for HYDRA is US$ 60,000 and
Grand Master Adams US$ 10,000.
The
game lasted for two hours and forty minutes, with Grand
Master Adams resigning after 28 moves.
Grand
Master Adams came with high optimism that he will be winning
today however he found HYDRA to be a very tough opponent.
When asked about today’s
game, Mr. Adams replied: “It’s been an intense
game after yesterday. I hoped that today’s game would
have become easier. Hydra does seem to be the hardest computer
to play against and is learning and adopting quickly”
The
HYDRA team is delighted with this result and considers HYDRA’s
performance simply outstanding.
Additionally
the HYDRA team stated, “We aren’t here to prove
humans as weak. We are simply here to improve the game of
chess and we are using and working with HYDRA to make improvements
in the game of chess. That’s our overall objective.”
The game which lasted three hours and odd minutes, with
Adams resigning after a mere 33 moves.
The six match tournament will continue with
a game every day until the final match on Monday 27th June
and there is a rest day on Friday 24th June.
The game in Round 3
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5
Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Bd8 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. a4 h6 19. Nf3 Rc8 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Nh4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ba4 Qc7 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Nf5 d5 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rd6 Be7 28. Bxh6 1-0
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