Author: Lar Mader
Date: 09:02:57 06/29/05
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I think you misunderstood Nigel's email. He's trying to be ironic in saying that this Hydra machine is so strong, that accepting a match (with the prize fund set up the way it was with Adams, 10k for a draw etc), is like accepting 10k to get your butt kicked publicly, 20k if you're really good (i.e. good enough to achieve 2 draws). In other words, he's admitting that the best you can hope for in a match against hydra is one or two draws, which doesn't pay much money, and leaves you with a bruised ego. He's not suggesting any sort of fixing of the match outcome. -= Lar On June 28, 2005 at 22:29:54, Madhavan wrote: >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2476 > >[quote] > >From Nigel Short we received the following email: > >Subject: Business proposition > >I have a great business proposition for you: I give you $10,000, or $20,000 if >you are really, really good.You take get on a stage in London and allow yourself >to be humiliated by a machine for six days. How does it sound? > >--------------------------- >Looks like Hydra teams might send GM's a mail before real matches begin,could >that be a mail from Hydra team to GM Nigel Short,inviting him to play 6 game >series and this quote "allow yourself to be humiliated by a machine" sounds like >Hydra team proposed a match fixing asking Nigel to lose all games and recieve >some good amount from them?No? > > >[quote] >"The outspoken British number two did not actually write "be humiliated". His >original choice of words was, however, a little too strong for our international >news pages." > >Just kidding after all :)
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