Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 14:08:26 07/17/03
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On July 17, 2003 at 11:19:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 17, 2003 at 02:02:50, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>>Why would he play for $100,000 when he is already a millionaire? >> >>WHy take an appearance fee then which he does everytime at these events? > >Because there is always someone willing to pay it? The fault of that lies not >with Kasparov, but with the organizer or whoever decides to pay it. Do you mean >to tell me that if your boss told you that you were going to start getting >thousands of extra dolloars for just showing up that you would refuse that? Of course GK gets an appearance fee, they always get that. >>>What's with all of the "last stand" crap? Who does he owe anything to? >> >>Owes to himself and his mouth because consistently he has been proven wrong in >>trying to beat the comps in a match, excuses,excuses. > >He could use some humbling, no doubt, but I don't see that he owes anyone else >anything. If he owes something to himself, as you say, then it is none or your >concern, or the concern of anyone else on the internet, but you see these kind >of "Kasparov should take a last stand for humanity" crap type postings on the >internet frequently, which indicates that you and others think he owes you >something, not himself. After the loss to Smirin I never really thought the comps were in any way "entitled" to a match against GK and VK. I still doubt they could win a serious match against a well prepared 2600 GM. But, in the end it's about money, those matches came about because it was good business for all parties. -S.
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