Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 13:32:33 08/10/98
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No, I'm not kidding. I know that Bruce has put quite a bit of effort into his program, just as Morovic will put into playing it. I understand the circumstances and still think it's unfair that one side will be eligible for a prize and not the other. -Tom On August 09, 1998 at 17:25:27, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On August 09, 1998 at 15:00:03, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>Why is it that one side gets prizes and not the other? >> >> > >Hi Tom: >I am not sure If I must or not answer your question, maybe even you are kidding, >but just in case your or other guy seriuosly think in it, let me explain: >a) bruce does not need a prize to do this: I believe it is enough good for him >the chance to play a GM. If I am mistaken, Bruce has the word... >b) Bruce does not need to perform an special effort, just to push the buttons to >enter the moves. If I am mistaken... >c) The prize for Ivan is more a kind of simbol than a real one. It's just to >give him a kind of little incentive in order he feel this is a serious thing. >For that, just a bit of money is enough. Probably the same sychological >mechanism is behind the people that expend 1000 bucks going to a tournament and >are very worried about 150 in prizes. >d) finally, my budget for chess prizes, chess programs, chess boards, chess etc, > is exhausted, sorry. >e) of course we are ready to accept contributions >fernando > > > >-Tom >> >>On August 09, 1998 at 12:17:56, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>Hi all: >>>Until now -sunday evening,16:15 - I have not been telephoned by Ivan Morovic, >>>but I hope he will do it tomorrow morning to confirm tha beginning of the match >>>for tomorrow around 20:00 time of New York, more or less. Match will be >>>performed in ICC under Morovic account, 40 moves in 2 hours, with a little prize >>>-only for Ivan, sorry Bruce :-) -for each point he get. I will post the score >>>after the game to ensure all of you will have it if you did not contact ICC to >>>see it directly or you just don't have an account there. Else: I will take >>>profit of my frienship with Ivan and his engagement in this show to ask him some >>>exhibition games at a faster pace with other top programs. Until now Christophe >>>Theron is ready to lend me the last version of Tiger to do so and any other >>>programmer willing to follow suite should contact me. This time, howewer, I >>>think in doing it NOT throught ICC but in my computer, 200 Mhz, in order to see >>>what a top program can do in this, normal, almost obsolescent setting. I already >>>have all programs -well, almost all- but as much as this will public, I would >>>like the permission of msrs Ban, Schroeder, Wittington, Morsch etc to do so. I >>>suppose I don't need that, BUT I don want to be mauled in a way or another if >>>Ivan cut them in pieces, in public. >>>fernando
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