Author: Kevin Strickland
Date: 15:35:44 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 18:33:25, Dann Corbit wrote: >>Another reason not to have big prize funds: >It would encourage cheating. There are enough problems with claims of cheating >already. > >On the other hand, I think that sponsors could be very useful if they could fly >people to the event who could not normally afford it. > >Imagine if chess engines from Uruguay and Africa could be present. Wouldn't it >be nice if New Zealand and Australia and Viet Nam could be represented? > >I pretty much guarantee that you will get as many participants as free trips >that you can arrange. So if you can cough up 100 plane fares, you will have 100 >entrants for sure. I am absolutely sure I can arrange a _few_ plane tickets. But 100 seems like an aweful lot of begging.
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