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Subject: Re: There are some drawbacks to deal with.............

Author: Derek Paquette

Date: 17:46:09 08/01/03

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On August 01, 2003 at 20:23:39, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On August 01, 2003 at 19:57:20, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On August 01, 2003 at 19:44:25, Derek Paquette wrote:
>>
>>>well thanks to the posts here by several of the board members we know a few
>>>things about the shredder 7 games going on in VI Magistral de la Republica
>>>Argentina. (Chessbase has full coverge)
>>>
>>>We know now that it was a private owner of the engine, bought from chessbase.
>>>For some strange reason he didn't want to play 7.04, only 7.0
>>>
>>>So the question is, as I thought about this eating a burger today,
>>>How would I get my Shredder 7.04 into a tournament?
>>>Right now in Montreal Canada, close to my city which is Ottawa, there is a
>>>massive tournament going on,
>>>
>>>Its too late yes, but how do I go about it next time?
>>
>>Simply talk to the tournament director in advanced and he will send letters to
>>the higher players and find out if they feel confortable playing against a
>>program :-)
>
>Some tournament directors will ask you to pay twice the entrance feed, plus they
>will agree in advanved of only paying you half the winning prize in order to
>accept you in their tournament.
>
>Pichard

That seems perfectly reasonable to me!
What are the chances of me winning a tournament with an average FIDE rating of
say 2500 using Shredder 7.04 on duel Athlon 2000XP's
I say they are extremely high,



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