Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 14:36:09 07/17/03
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On July 17, 2003 at 17:08:26, Sune Fischer wrote: >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. agreed. > >-S.
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