Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 06:57:33 05/19/01
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On May 19, 2001 at 09:25:28, Chessfun wrote: >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. i'm sure if shredder were part of chessbase, it would have taken part in the qualification-one way or another the programmers need the marketing might and the publicity machine of chessbase to succeed-irrespective of the result, the match would have turned into a marketing opportunity for all programmes-even the 2 losing ones which would have been marketed as the alternative programmes which were fully as strong as the winner, but lost due to the element of luck. any way i now forsee a bright future for shredder rajen
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