Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 16:47:00 08/10/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 18:38:21, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >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 >>$700,000 richer. >> >>I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more >>money for winning versus losing. >> >>Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting? > >This is a very disturbing post. Who is making the offer ?... I dont believe it. >If true it is shocking. The thing that bothers me also is all talk as if it were >true.. > >Wayne Yes the header is VERY misleading, nobody has offered Kasparov 700.000$ to lose, however he will recive 700.000$ if he where to lose (which is 500.000 to show up and the losers purse of 200.000) in othere words this is the sum of money that he is assured of getting, if he wins he will get 100.000 more. Regards Jonas
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