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Subject: Re: $1 million up for grabs

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 11:46:59 12/21/02

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On December 21, 2002 at 14:44:44, Arshad Syed wrote:

>Can someone confirm this? I believe I read somewhere that the FIDE is going to
>make the match between the top chess program and the World Chess Champion an
>annual event. Going by the prize money involved recently, $1 mil. may soon
>become a standard feature.
>
>Regards,
>Arshad

If my chess engine won, would I have to give Uri half of the prize money?

Bob D.



>
>On December 21, 2002 at 12:49:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I believe that I have ideas that can help your program to get to commercial
>>level or better than it in the next year.
>>
>>If you are interested in these ideas then you can send me an email and maybe we
>>can work together and earn money from the ideas.
>>
>>I know that there are a lot of programmers near crafty level that do not earn
>>money from their chess program so I believe that they cannot lose money from an
>>agreement that gives part of the money that they will earn from chess programs
>>to me because without me they are not going to earn money from their chess
>>program.
>>
>>If I get replies I will decide if there is a programmer that I can trust and if
>>the answer is positive then it is possible that we can sign a contract with a
>>lawyer before I tell him my ideas.
>>
>>This may be also relevant to programmers of commercial programs who want to
>>improve their program.
>>
>>Uri



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