Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:59:20 11/21/03
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On November 21, 2003 at 12:33:01, Uri Blass wrote: > >I think that it can be cheaper and if the best players are too greedy we can get >only 2600-2700 players that are strong enough. > >The sponsor can decide that there is total of 180,000$ for prizes for humans. > >100,000$ for the best human >50,000$ for second place >30,000$ for third place >No prize for 4th place. > A more interesting way to divide the prizes is: each program has a prize fund of 36000 Euro to be divided proportionatelly among the players who score against it. So one draw and one lose against a program which scores 7,5 from its eight games gives 36000 Euro to the player, but two wins against a program which scores 0 points gives only 9000 Euro. The only problem is what to do if a program wins all its games, I propose the money goes back to the sponsors or probably to some charity. The main problem with your proposed prize distribution is that once a players is scoring better than the other three, she/he may try to draw her/his way out to the first place, reducing interest. I do not know how much grandmasters usually earn, 180000 Euro sounds like little money for 4 top players, but I guess you can get four willing players rated 2600-2650 for that. >Humans play games against 4 computers with white and black so we have 8 games >per player. > I like this competition system. >The humans who play are the best players who agree to play in these conditions. > Other problem is that profesional chess players usually have to plan the events they play in with some time in advance. It is not like they spotaneously agreeing to play, many might be interested in the challenge but they need to know if they are getting a definitive invitation (I do not blame them since they need to earn money playing chess to support their families). >I think that it may be more interesting then another match against kasparov or >kramnik. > I agree! José. >Uri
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