Author: Matt Frank
Date: 17:16:14 01/30/99
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On January 30, 1999 at 19:55:34, Peter McKenzie wrote: >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 Okay, I can see why someone would be interested. However, a quick perusal at the cash earnings from tounaments that such grand masters play in indicates that the expected earnings from any given 6 round tournament would be even less than I suggested. On the other hand I see that this is a different challenge, and may require a more enticing offer. Nevertheless, I would be curious what the response would be with an offer such as $1000 to show and an additional $4000 to win. How much do think Shabalov made in 1998 on chess? Matt Frank > >> >>Matt Frank
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