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No sooner than the 12th WCCC was over in Israel and Deep Junior had regained the title of World Champion, Hydra took on Shredder in an eight–game match in Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Computer Challenge. The dates were August 14–24, 2004. Hydra won the match with a very impressive 5.5–2.5 score, winning three games, drawing five and raising the question of which chess engine was really the best. For half a decade, Junior, Fritz, and Shredder took turns at the top. Now, there was a newcomer, possibly the best of all. The following year, Hydra essentially murdered England’s Grandmaster Michael Adams, and its status grew even higher.
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Shredder’s report on the Abu Dhabi Computer Challenge: http://www.shredderchess.com/chess –download/games/abu –dhabi –2004.html
Shredder’s version of 2005 IPCCC in Paderborn: http://www.shredderchess.com/chess –news/shredder –news/ipccc2005.html
Website of Hydra Chess Engine: http://www.hydrachess.com/
Article in the New Yorker about Hydra and Michael Adams: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/12/051212fa_fact_mueller
A review of the New Yorker Article, by Michael Goeller: http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2005/12/new –yorker –article–On –computer –chess.html
Game 1: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1305843
Game 2: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1302498
Game 3: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1302500
Game 4: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1302501
Game 5: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1302502
Game 6: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1302503
Game 7: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1305844
Game 8: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1305845
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Newborn, M. (2011). 2004: Hydra Slews Shredder in Abu Dhabi. In: Beyond Deep Blue. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-341-1_8
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