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=Tournament Play=
Hydra had its tournament debut at the [[IPCCC 2004]] winning clearly with 6½/7 ahead of [[Fritz]] and [[Shredder]]. Soon later, at the [[ICT 2004]], Hydra came in behind Shredder,
but taking revanche revenge in August 2004, winning a [[Shredder versus Hydra 2004|match ]] with 6½5½-2½. Also the [[IPCCC 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>.
