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Subject: Re: predictions for last game

Author: Chris Kantack

Date: 11:01:54 10/19/02

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On October 19, 2002 at 04:51:34, Richard Bean wrote:

>I hate to say this as a human, but I think the stress is going to be too much
>for Kramnik.  $600,000 for losing, $800,000 for drawing, $1,000,000 for winning.
> Kasparov was more experienced than Kramnik in these kind of must-win situations
>(remember the Seville match versus Karpov) and even he couldn't handle the
>pressure in the same situation.  It comes from playing an opponent which doesn't
>feel stressed at all.

Kramnik gets $700,000 for losing, $800,000 for a draw, 1 million for the win.
Apparently Kramnik felt $800,000 was enough.

Chris
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