Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:14:47 08/09/02
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On August 07, 2002 at 12:42:22, Mig Greengard wrote: >Hello all. Today I wrote about the announcement of the Kasparov-DJ match to take >place in Jerusalem starting October 1. >(http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=145) > >I know the hardware hasn't been announced yet (I'm assuming it will a very >large, heavy, white box) but it's never too early for half-assed predictions, >right? I'm quizzing GMs as well -- they care even less about CPUs -- and I'd be >interested in some early predictions here. Just make sure they add up to six. > Kasparov gets $700,000 to lose and $800,000 to win. Why not $200,000 to lose and $800,000 to win, or something like that, where the incentive to win is MUCH greater than the incentive to just show up? Could it be that Kasparov is being paid so handsomely to lose because he is really being paid TO LOSE? Perhaps $700,000 is his fee for losing, and $800,000 is there for show. Probably this is not the case, but why such a big fee for losing?
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