Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:13:35 03/29/02
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On March 29, 2002 at 15:35:19, Uri Blass wrote: >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 I think it's a LOT harder for a GM to win against a strong program than to draw against it. The goal, IMHO, is to have them play for the win, especially with White, rather than for the draw. Thus the non-linear reward.
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