Author: Tony Werten
Date: 07:15:56 05/10/00
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On May 10, 2000 at 09:24:28, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>>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. No it's not. It is the letter of the contract wich is different from fine, and if somebody behaves that way and claims he can do so because it's legal, you have a right to say your swindled. Tony > > >Georg
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