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Subject: Re: Glory & Riches OR a Barrel with straps (Humans vs. Computer matches)

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 19:07:50 01/30/03

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On January 30, 2003 at 21:54:41, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On January 30, 2003 at 21:36:05, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>
>>I think that if they said no one gets an appearance fee. You get so much for a
>>win -- $100,000, a loss $15,000 and a draw $50,000 you would see a lot more
>>passion and tension in the match.
>
>Wrong. There would be no match, unfortunately. No one would play under those
>conditions (at least, no one worth watching). It would certainly make things
>more interesting, but I don't think anyone would agree to it. From the GM's
>point of view, he thinks he is already taking a risk to play the beast that is
>the computer.

I bet if IBM said to GK, We have Deep Blue 2 and DO you want a rematch but at
these conditions I bet GK would accept and it would mean more than money this
time around. Touching a GM's pride can do wonders.



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