Author: José Carlos
Date: 14:28:19 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 16:37:39, Roy Eassa wrote: >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? I agree with you. This sounds to me like motivating Kasparov not to try hard for a win, which is a bad way to get a good result (for the program team). I'd rather give money for each win, maybe 33% of it for each draw and zero for losing, which would allow us to see what Kasparov can achieve against the computer. With the conditions you mention, I think Kasparov will go for a minimum win. José C.
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