In message <5c6dnVHDyZRC-kTanZ2dnUVZ_oSunZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David Kane
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> writes
>We reach such a position, implement our plan, and I lose the toss.
>Both of us are near the top of the tournament, so it is going to cost
>me prize money today when I lose on purpose. Sure, he will gain
>a lot more than I lose, but that does me no good today. I don't
>know the next time I will play him. It could be years from now.
If you welsh on an agreement, no matter how unethical, the word
will go round, and no one will make such a deal with you ever again.
(Well, they will, but you'll have to agree to lose one or more tosses
without actually making the toss to get back to making even deals.)
Meanwhile the other players are making the deals to their advantage,
and as you are frozen out, your disadvantage.
And chess players are quite capable of working all that out. Even the
ones who haven't read Axelrod.
--
Christopher Dearlove
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