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Subject: Re: Back to Shredder 5 and Kramnik

Author: Chessfun

Date: 06:25:28 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 08:14:07, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On May 19, 2001 at 07:19:14, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>yep its entirely feasible-SMK and millenium about to divorce, so millenium uses
>>its remaining contractual hold over shredder to prevent it from participating-if
>>shredder had been successful at cadaques, it would anyway have played under the
>>chessbase banner.
>
>Nothing suggests that SMK have been forced to relinquish anything related to
>that tournament and it's unlikely that events are prohibited by contract, so
>it's not entirely feasible. However, it is feasible that the qualifier caused
>the split. One way or the other.


That it itself is another possibility.

I also wonder were Shredder a Chessbase program originally would they
have gone along with SMK's point that Shredder was reigning World Champion
and shouldn't need to play a qualifying event.

Sarah.





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