Adams-Hydra, few days after

So Hydra is still unbeaten by a human. We have to admit, machine played really good, gave us impresion Adams stood no chance.

Known as one of the worlds best defenders, Adams didnt even touch the ball with Black pieces. Petroff defence in first game and Ruy Lopez in third were crushed easily. Fifth game had a "smell" of draw, but Hydra led the small advantage to the victory in very persistant fashion.

Round 3
White: HYDRA
Black: Adams
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

With White pieces Adams didnt achieve much. It looked like he had winning chances in the second game, but Hydra defended very well (one would say like human?) to score a draw. 4th game, bad opening display by Adams. Hydra created strong pressure on Queen-side pawns and played a great endgame.

Round 6
White: Adams
Black: HYDRA
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Rad1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. f4 Qh4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. g3 Qe7 20. a3 e5 21. f5 Nb8 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. b4 Kh8 24. Bc2 Nf6 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Bb3 Rfc8 27. Rc2 a5 28. Rfc1 Qe8 29. h3 a4 30. Ba2 Re7 31. c5 dxc5 32. bxc5 Rec7 33. Be6 Rd8 34. Qd3 g6 35. Kh2 Qc6 36. Qf3 Rf8 37. g4 Qb5 38. Qg3 Qe2+ 39. Qg2 Qe3 40. Qg3 Rxc5 41. Qxe3 dxe3 42. Nf3 Nxe4 43. Kg2 Kg7 0-1

Adams clearly didn't prepare properly for the match. His openings were bad and once Hydra gains the advantage, its impossible to save the game. Also, he didnt defend well, for example games 4 and 5, when he made some poor moves creating additional weaknesses.

Unlike Kasparov and Kramnik, who spent months preparing for matches against Deep Fritz and Junior, Adams almost had no break from playing. He participated in recent Sofia Masters and then played rapid match against Leko. It was obvious that he needs a good rest (we strongly suggest Vrnjacka Banja).


Few facts about supermonster Hydra:

- With the processing power equivalent to more than 200 standard PCs, the HYDRA computer is the world's most powerful chess computer according to IPCCC officials.

- Housed in a secure server room in Abu Dhabi, HYDRA is a 64-way cluster computer- 64 computers connected and operating as if they are a single machine. Each computer has an Intel Xeon 3.06 Ghz.

- The HYDRA project is financed by the Abu Dhabi-based PAL Group, and programming has been managed by Chrilly Donninger, Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali.

- It is named after the mythological seven-headed monster, famed for its invincibility.

British Grand Master Stuart Conquest, live commentator for the match, believes HYDRA will change the face of man vs machine chess forever.