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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