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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