Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:16:50 07/15/00
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On July 15, 2000 at 15:19:44, ShaktiFire wrote: >On July 15, 2000 at 14:56:52, James Robertson wrote: > >>On July 15, 2000 at 13:24:38, ShaktiFire wrote: >> >>>On July 15, 2000 at 09:49:52, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>They are doing us all a disservice! Before their meddling in the live coverage >>>>business, we didn't have to deal with jamming and ungainly applets. We didn't >>>>have to close the stupid things down every time we wanted to look at a different >>>>game. We didn't have to download huge advertisements. Instead we could simply >>>>log onto an easy to use chess server, and chat with other people in a clean, >>>>friendly environment. >>>> >>>>Why oh why must kasparovchess do this??? >>>> >>>>James >>> >>>Look. If they put up the prize money for an event, then they should >>>have exclusive coverage if they want it. That way they can recoup their >>>expenses ( and even make a profit) with the net advertising. Did you >>>think they should let icc ( a commercial enterprise) broadcast the games >>>within putting some money into the kitty. KC put up the money, they >>>organized it, they should profit for their efforts. Otherwise the >>>event does not happen, unless someone else puts in the effort to make >>>it happen. Its like the Olympics. NBC puts up hundreds of millions, >>>should we let ABC do simulcast of NBC coverage for free. Where u from? >> >>Dortmund has been a staple tournament for years. I am sure kasparovchess was >>funding it before kasparovchess existed. In other words, if kasparovchess did >>not dump money into the tournament, it would have come from somewhere else. >> >>If they set up a tournament, like that internet thing Piket won, I have no >>problems with them having exclusive coverage. But I do not like them buying up >>coverage rights, as they bring us the most awful coverage imaginable. >> >>James > >Well I do agree that the coverage is bad. It would be more comfortable to >watch on icc. And of course , you are right, Dortmund has been around for >quite a while. > >Not to get off topic here, but I do wonder what the financial arrangement is >here. It seems that KC bought some broadcast rights. Probably they >worked the politics and money to get Deep Junior involved too. Probably >to make up for the problems Deep Junior had in the earlier tourney (Adams >affair) and the problems with the match against WGM. I guess I am curious >about the details. The players must be getting paid quite a bit more >than in a usual Dortmund tourney. It is interesting, that is for sure. I wonder what the details are with the money arrangements. Chessbase apparently paid a large sum to have Fritz compete in the Dutch Championship. I wonder if something similar happened here. I wonder who's idea it was to have a computer in the tournament? Probably kasparovchess's idea to generate more interest after they bought the coverage rights. :) In any case, I keep hoping they'll hire a new Java programmer and get their applets fixed!
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