Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 19:47:13 08/25/03
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On August 25, 2003 at 21:59:50, Russell Reagan wrote: >On August 25, 2003 at 18:50:12, Rajen Gupta wrote: > >>wins and losses make money; draws get nothing; and no appearance money. >> >>am quite sure that the humnas will have to fight for their lives! > >For some reason you and Sally live in lala land when this topic comes up. There >is absolutely no way on earth that any of the players you mentioned would play >under those conditions. Yes, it would make for good entertainment, good entertainment and BETTER games but there is >ZERO reason for any of those players to participate in such an event. ZERO reason?? If computers are not that strong it's a quick way to make a lot of money and prove to the world where the real strength of the computers lie. "Duty to >all mankind" is obviously not important to them, or they wouldn't accept boring >draws like they do in the first place. agreed there > >Besides, money for losses but not draws? How many legitimate chess players do >you think you're going to attract with that backwards offer? Boring draws are a >problem, but you're throwing out the baby with the dirty water here. For every >super-GM match that ends in a boring draw, there are plenty of other legitimate >draws. it's just specualtion, give them some $$ for draws too, just not as much for a loss and certainly not a win. > >There are certainly improvements that can be made to this situation, but >awarding no money for draws and significant money for a loss is not one of them. The only real match we've seen so far was the GK-DB of 96 & 97 when it was a totally different company representing the machines. Now it's all "self-serving", CB nakes out in the publicity, the GM's make the money and those watching are NOT seeing a REAL match. No 1's balls are on the line!
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