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Subject: Kasparov offered $700,000 to lose to Deep Junior.

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:37:39 08/09/02


They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose.  He's only
human and that's an awful big temptation.  Why would he work a thousand times as
hard for an extra 14%?

Just show up, play casually and without concentrating very hard, and you're
$700,000 richer.

I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more
money for winning versus losing.

Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting?



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