Author: Amir Ban
Date: 09:32:31 08/11/98
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On August 11, 1998 at 08:45:19, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On August 10, 1998 at 21:09:41, Peter Hegger wrote: > >> I was saddened to hear about the Morovic vs. Ferret debacle. Without a decent >>financial incentive it is proving difficult to attract strong GM's to play slow >>time limit matches against strong micros. I would personally like to pledge $100 >>for every game that a GM can win in a 6 game 40/2 match against Ferret or one of >>the other top six programs. Of course I will also pledge $100 to the >>programmer(s) for every win their program can score. If enough people will >>follow suit I'm sure we can interest a strong GM to tackle one of the better >>micros. My only stipulation is that the match must be 40/2 and atleast 6 games >>in duration. Any other takers out there? >>Yours Sincerely >>Peter Hegger >>peterfh@lon.ionline.net > >I had the following exchange with GM Maxim Dlugy on ICC. I was probably wrong >to mention a specific figure, but I guessed that if some random guy was willing >to come up with a hundred bucks, someone else might contribute another hundred. > >It might not be that hard to find a GM for a hundred bucks a point, since they >don't have to put on a suit and leave their house to get they money. > >bruce > >------------------- > >aics% tell dlugy if you want to make a few bucks, you can probably get $200 a po >int to play a computer a 6 game match at 40/2. >(told Dlugy) >aics% . some people i know are fishing for a GM to play some computer, any compu >ter, they don't even care which one. >(told Dlugy) >aics% >Dlugy(GM) tells you: that might be interesting >aics% . i will mention this to these guys. >(told Dlugy) >aics% >Dlugy(GM) tells you: ok thanks It's interesting to tell what Shay had to say about this when we talked about the planned Morovic match a few weeks ago. Shay was not impressed by the fact that Morovic agreed to play. He thinks there are quite a few GM's around who would play such a match, and won't care much about compensation or reputation. They are interested, or challenged, enough by this to play it for its own sake. He named Eran Liss and Alon Greenfeld as GM's who would certainly be available for this, and thought that Kossashvili, Yudasin and Boris Alterman were also likely. It's hard to say how a GM would behave if it turns into a humiliation. Most would behave well. Some won't. Shay actually disapproved of the informal nature of the Morovic match. He thinks there is great public interest in these encounters, and someone organizing this should try to get the maximum exposure and sponsorship possible. Once the public sees this as a commonplace event, the potential will be gone. Amir
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