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

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 12:15:14 08/11/02

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On August 11, 2002 at 13:01:31, Mike S. wrote:

Wow this is breaking news that FIDE pays. So this is how
iljumzhinov links kasparov again to FIDE?

>On August 11, 2002 at 10:52:50, Omid David wrote:
>
>>FIDE is the only financial sponsor.
>
>FIDE writes on their website, "The prize fund (...) is guaranteed by the World
>Chess Foundation." - Whatever that is (?).
>
>http://www.fideonline.com/news.asp?id=50
>
>Kasparovchess.com quotes FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, "in announcing that
>FIDE Commerce would underwrite the $1m prize money (...)"
>
>http://www.kasparovchess.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=22402&p_docLang=EN
>
>My personal opinion is, that this match isn't about money anyway.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl



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