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Hydra Takes Early Lead in Man vs. Machine Match

HYDRA, tauted as the strongest chess-playing computer ever built, took advantage with the white pieces and jumped out to a 1-0 lead over British GM Michael Adams in their Man vs. Machine Championship match. The match, which has a total prize fund of $150,000, is taking place in London.

HYDRA dominated his human opponent in the first game of the match, winning in just 33 moves.

Having the processing power of over 200 standard PCs, HYDRA is housed in Abu Dhabi and is a 64-way cluster computer. The machine has never been beaten by a human in its current configuration.

The match will last a total of six games, with one rest day after game three. In next week's edition, we will have the complete results from this match. Until then, here is HYDRA's crushing game one victory:

White: HYDRA
Black: Adams, M (2737)
Man vs. Machine, Game 1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne5 c5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Bxf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf5 26. Qxe4 Bg6 27. Rb6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rcf7 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. e6 Re7 31. Ba3 Rfe8 32. Bxc5 Qxa2 33. Rd2 1-0