Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 21:11:16 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? You need only to look at how Kasparov reacted when he lost to Deeper Blue in order to know that he will want to win, money or no money. I think the header of the thread is terribly misleading and i am sure you know that! This sounds like a bad troll to me... is it a slow news day? Regards Jonas
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