Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 06:24:28 05/10/00
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>>Even worse with those Dutch guys. To draw the comparison further with your >>proposal, you hire a Russian GM for 50 bucks and agree to play a game with him >>on Barbados, under the swaying palm trees. >> >>After he has agreed and signed the contact, No, after he played a few tourniaments which you held to select whom of the many russian GMs to invite, you tell him you decided it will be >>a 12 game tournament and it will be in the middle of the Negev desert, at noon, >>but he will get $70, in stead of $50. He tells you that's not the agreement, as >>it is standing clearly in the contract. He should play one game for $50, on >>Barbados, that was agreed. >> >>But you take your pen, scratch away some lines, and change it, saying "here you >>are, this is the contact, sir. Play on, don't be a sissy." > >At this point he has a choice. Accepting the new contract or not. If not he can >still claim the old contract, but he won't get the 70 $ > >> >>Now he can choose: will he take 50 bucks or not? > >ie Does he accept the new contract ? > >>Our empoverished Russian thinks: "If I am swindled, I can be swindling too". > >He thinks he is swindled, he's telling everybody he is, and after a while he >believes it himself. Bottom line is, he accepted the new contract. > >>After playing twelve games in a row each resigning after the first move he >>cashes in and leaves (for a beer, probably -as it's damn hot in the Negev). >> >>And you, Fernando, stay behind, and tell all your friends here: "I've been >>swindled!". > >As he has been. The guy accepted the new terms and did not do what he was >expected to do. Actually a reason to not pay him at all. A contract is not about what you "expect" someone to do but about what is in the contract. If the contract says you need to play a game, then 1.e4 0-1 is fine. Georg
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