Author: Peter Hegger
Date: 18:34:17 08/11/98
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On August 11, 1998 at 16:10:36, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On August 11, 1998 at 12:32:31, Amir Ban wrote: > >>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 Thanks Bruce Looks like you've got the ball rolling already. I have no personal contacts with any GM's so efforts like your's are valuable. Hopefully we will see a match come to fruition soon Peter >> >>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. > >Just a question: how should I behave to get a more "formal" organization? What >is fomrla organization in the setting of a match engaged with a friend? I did >what is in the power of a single citizen, even putting some money even when Ivan >did not ask nothing just and precisely to give the match the maximun >seriousness, besides extorting promises from Ivan as much as you can do that >with a friend and then, to create a pressure in him, posting here and there in >order to get it public, etc, but anyway, no matter what, you cannot force a guy >if circunstances are against. All this was organized -or tried to do so- on the >ground of friendship, no contract involved, nothing to coerce. >I am serious: if there is something I missed, just tell me to avoid failure next >time. >fernando > > > >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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