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

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 15:38:21 08/10/02

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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?

This is a very disturbing post. Who is making the offer ?... I dont believe it.
If true it is shocking. The thing that bothers me also is all talk as if it were
true..

Wayne



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