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was a chess playing entity based on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrinet Myrinet] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(computing) computer cluster computer] containing consisting of [[FPGA|Field Programmable Gate ArraysFPGAs]] and [[x86]] PCs.Hydra was the continuous development of of the [[ChessBase]], funded FPGA project called [[Brutus]] by [[Chrilly Donninger]] et al. now under the patronage of the ''Pal Group of Companies '' <ref>[http://www.palgroup.com/ Pal Group of Companies]</ref> and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh Sheikh] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahnoun_bin_Mohammed_Al_Nahyan Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Nahyan_family Al Nahyan family from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28chess%29 Hydra (chess) from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://gsec.abudhabi.ae/Sites/GSEC/Navigation/EN/ExecutiveCouncil/picture-gallery.html The General Secretariat of the Executive Council - Abu Dhabi - Members' Profiles]</ref> of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_%28city%29 Abu Dhabi], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates United Arab Emirates]. Chief programmer of  =Tournament Play=Hydra was had its tournament debut at the [[Chrilly DonningerIPCCC 2004]] who already had experience winning clearly with 6½/7 ahead of [[Fritz]] and [[Shredder]]. Soon later, at the former FPGA[[ICT 2004]], Hydra came in behind Shredder,but taking revanche in August 2004, winning a match with 6½-Project 2½. Also the [[BrutusIPCCC 2005]]was dominated with 8/9, a half point ahead of Shredder. Hydra also achieved strong results versus humans, playing two times the [[Man vs Machine Team Championship]], and in 2005 [[Adams versus Hydra 2005|versus]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Adams_(chess_player) Michael Adams] winning decisively with 6½-½.The chess monster further played [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Chess freestyle matches] along with its sponsor, chess lover and chess player under the pseudonym ''Zorchamp'' <ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/zor-champ-wins-freestyle-tournament Zor-Champ wins Freestyle Tournament] by [[Arno Nickel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], April 16, 2006</ref>, and was active on the [[Playchess]] server - its last game in June 2006 <ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/post/who-will-be-the-next-freestyle-champion Who will be the next Freestyle Champion] by [[Arno Nickel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], July 05, 2006</ref>. In June 2009, Hydra book author [[Christopher Lutz]] stated that "unfortunately the Hydra project is discontinued." The sponsors decided to end the project <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28chess%29 Hydra (chess) from Wikipedia]</ref>. Hydra was two times winner of the [[IPCCC|International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship]], the [[IPCCC 2004]] and [[IPCCC 2005]], and was runner up at the [[ICT 2004]].

* '''Cryptic ''' runs on modern high speed multi-processor CPU. It is programmed in mixed [[C]] and [[Assembly]] Language. It is aimed to be the world's top single machine Chess Engine.* '''Shark ''' is network based deep search meta engine. It is based on unique idea by which it reaches to depth of 25+ easily with the help of only 6 CPUs in less than a minute. Currently a dual core CPU takes more than an hour to reach to this depth.