Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 16:55:34 01/30/99
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On January 30, 1999 at 19:01:25, Matt Frank wrote: <snip> >Suppose Alex Shabalov (FIDE 2630 give or take a few pts) were to get an offer to >play a computer (say mine) tournament regs 40/2hrs, with a guaranteed payment of >1,000 for playing the match and another $1,000 if he won outright < or = to 3.5 >or 4.5 (6 or 8 games), what do you think he would say? You may say, why don't >you ask him? Well I would if he returned my phone call. He is just one of any of >the top US Grand Masters that I would love to accept such a challenge. I don't think the money is enough. Make it $5,000 for turning up and $5,000 for winning and a decent GM might be interested. These guys are professionals, there is a lot at stake (bad publicity for a loss), and the match would chew up a fair amount of time (at least a week to play it, plus significant time to prepare) so you have to make it really worth their while. Peter > >Matt Frank
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