Author: Larry Proffer
Date: 08:58:57 05/12/01
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On May 12, 2001 at 11:42:07, Alois Ganter wrote: >> >>So Shredder loses. Big deal. $200,000 plus 25 zillion tons of free advertising >>as World Champ. >> >>Doesn't compute. > >AFAIK the program gets nothing if it loses. Braingames says (quoted from >chessbase.com): > >"The champion stands to win $1 million while a further million will be spent in >arranging the event. Kramnik will take home $800,000 if he draws and $600,000 if >he loses." Ah. So program gets $0 for losing, $200,000 for drawing, and $400,000 for winning? My mistake then. There's no guaranteed $200,000. > >From what Ossi Weiner wrote in the CSS forum he really disliked this intended >sharing of the price money, So Ossi wasn't throwing away a free $200,000? So the anger at the 3 months program inspection was real, and they must have thought they had a real chance to win? > >Alois
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