Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:13:41 03/29/02
A theory on this topic: The GM should get a small fixed stipend just for playing, plus $0 for each loss, $x for each draw as White (where x is very small and perhaps 0), $y for each draw as Black (where y is still pretty small, but larger than x), and $z for each win (where z is much greater than y). Finally, a BIG bonus for winning the match overall seems to make sense. That would seem to be real incentive to play his (or her) best every game. (Feel free to substitute pounds, Euros, whatever!) Another (better?) approach is to reward only the final score. Besides a small fee for showing up and playing, a GM score of 25% or less is no money, 100% is BIG money, and the payments are distributed logically between these two extremes (but the payoff for doing well should increase faster than linearly, IMHO).
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