Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 13:50:54 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 16:14:47, Roy Eassa wrote: >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. No, 500k is a fee to just take the plane, which is ok IMHO. 300 and 200k are Win/Lose prize. If you want the best player in history to come to your backyard and play, then, you have to pay. Regards, Miguel >Probably this is not the case, but why such a big fee for losing?
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