Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 13:26:18 01/01/03
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On January 01, 2003 at 13:02:11, onund thorkalsson wrote: >Prize fund > >"The Prize Fund is US $1 million with $500,000 honorarium to Garry Kasparov. The >other half will be divided in the following proportion: the winner gets >$300,000, the loser $200,000 and in the case of a tie $250,000 each." > >Well. Just like the Kramnik-Fritz matchup, this game will end in a draw as well. >Heck, look at the HUGE difference between $250K for a win and $300K for a draw! >What kind of nonsensical setup is that? Why not make the thing $1M winner take >all, draw = $100,000. I agree, you'll NEVER get a player fighting for his life and his good ole' motivating cash making it a must win situation. So what if he loses, he's already getting a good chunk of change > >This is a sure setup to guarantee that all of us will be on the edge of our >seats watching each game, only to feel ripped off in the end, as we all did with >Kramnik's match! > >Shame on the people organizing these things. It's already been delayed over a >year. Won't surprise me if they announce sometime soon that they're postponing >it again until February or March, and moving the venue to Timbuktu.
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