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Subject: Re: Rybka to play a big name GM????

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 01:21:16 01/30/06

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On January 29, 2006 at 22:38:50, Mike S. wrote:

>On January 29, 2006 at 22:09:58, Derek Paquette wrote:
>
>>Does anyone think it would be possible or on the horizon to see Rybka final
>>version playing a well known grandmaster, say 2700+ elo??  A 15 game match would
>>be nice...is this possible or am I dreaming.
>
>(an uneven number of games for a match would be very uncommon)
>
>On a distant horizon, I can imagine anything. But you would need a good PR
>person with many contacts, to convince big companies that there is a big
>advertising value in such a match. Maybe computer manufacturers, web companies,
>a hotel group which offers rooms to play and for the press and live audience,
>etc. may be potential sponsors - or maybe not.
>
>To get a famous GM to play (and even more for such a long match!) will require
>much money, probably in the range of $ 100.000+ Also, you need to find people
>who can create a professinal web coverage incl. live transmission, which would
>not be cheap either.
>
>But it is possible - as we know because it has already been done in the past a
>couple of times. It is "just" :) a question of finding capable people, money,
>location,


>and a top GM who wants to play a hopeless match...

 Maybe it's a better idea to try find a hopeless GM
 who wants to play a match...;-)

 /S
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl



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