Author: Amir Ban
Date: 23:39:33 08/11/98
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On August 11, 1998 at 16:10:36, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>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 This was Shay's opinion. Neither he nor I are faulting you in any way, but his point was that to serve the wide interests of computer chess, you want to make such events as "serious" as possible. Here are some ideas I can think of for you: - Contact the local chess federation, and offer to make this match an exhibition side-show for one of their main events. If they're interested, ask them to contribute to the prize funds. Chess is usually starved for media coverage, and this may be an attraction that will get the television cameras and reporters there. I'm guessing that Ivan is a local star, and your federation may not mind putting up money if they know Ivan will get it. - You are a journalist, no ? Cover this event in detail in CCR, and find out how much they are willing to pay for this. - Bruce runs on an Alpha. This is a good enough reason to call your local DEC office, tell them about this, and ask if they want to be involved. - Tell TWIC, and others about the event and the schedule. Mark Crowther finds these events important enough to announce and report, if he's told about them. - Ask ICC for sponsorship. They'll often do that. After all you are creating an attraction on their site. Ivan is not going to pay for his house out of this, but at least I think this will make his wife want him to play, instead of vetoing it :) Amir
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