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Subject: Re: Back to Shredder 5 and Kramnik

Author: Chessfun

Date: 08:02:20 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 09:57:33, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>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


As do I. I am very happy about SMK being with Chessbase.

Sarah.




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