Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 03:18:20 12/28/00
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On December 28, 2000 at 01:20:25, Steve wrote: >On December 27, 2000 at 22:06:52, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On December 27, 2000 at 19:45:32, Mark Loftus wrote: >> >>>On December 27, 2000 at 14:09:57, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>[.....] >>>> >>>>Amazing, isn't it ? >>>> >>>>pete >>> >>>How can the FIDE keep all the entries honest? >>>i.e. no one secretly using a computer... >>> >>>Mark >> >>True, but cheating using a computer would only get you so far, then you'd fall >>flat on your face once you sat down at a _real_ Chess board. I guarantee you >>that someone who cheated with a computer in this initial compitition wouldn't >>have even the most remote chance of becoming The World Chess Champion. >> >>Pete > >You're right, but doesn't FIDE pay all the contestants several thousand dollars >just for showing up? Either they've come up with some ingenious way to keep >this honest or it is indeed just a publicity stunt. I'm sure many players would love to turn up and trade pawns with the Elite, even if FIDE didn't pay anything.. I'm still waiting to see a 1200 player turn up and face Shirov in round 1..LOL..
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