Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:35:19 03/29/02
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On March 29, 2002 at 15:13:10, Vine Smith wrote: >On March 29, 2002 at 12:43:03, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On March 29, 2002 at 12:38:02, Shay Bushinsky wrote: >> >>>I agree with your scheme and in fact this is the deal for the next competition >>>with a member of the 2700 Elo club >> >>I believe that it is going to do the match more interesting but it does not mean >>that it is going to encourage the GM to do the best. >> >>Uri > >If paying GMs based on results won't work, what will? Perhaps the old expedient >of life-or-death stakes might do the trick? Or would that make them too >nervous...maybe just nasty electrical shocks administered after each loss. > >Regards, >Vine Smith see my explanation in http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?220390 The problem that I see is simply that they may take unnecessary risks when the money is not proprtional to the result. It may do the games more interesting because the GM's may try to play more for a win and not to be careful by playing for a draw and trying to win only if they get an opportunity to do it with no risks. Uri
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