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Subject: Re: Publicity for apps & Smirin may lead to more GM-PC matches?

Author: pavel

Date: 10:47:14 04/29/02

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On April 29, 2002 at 12:51:10, Roy Eassa wrote:

>
>Watching the games between Smirin & the computers has been great fun.  But after
>Wednesday's make-up game, it will end.
>
>Perhaps all the publicity generated, both for the programs and for Smirin, will
>serve as motivation for far more such matches in the near future.
>
>It would be great to have such a match, using a different GM each time, say
>every month from now to eternity.  We spectators would benefit.  The GMs would
>get a little money and a lot of publicity.  The programs would get publicity.
>Chess would benefit in general.  It can lead to more players and more buyers of
>programs.  (And, IMO, it would also speed up the rate at which GMs learn to play
>computers better.)
>
>Maybe the top 5 or 10 GMs don't need the extra publicity, but I'll bet many of
>the next 50 would likely welcome it.
>
>Monthly matches forever!


I think frequent match of this type will decrease the general hype, interest,
and importance of this kind of match. Once in a while doesnt hurt IMO.

pavs :)



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