Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 13:35:59 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 15:54:14, Jürgen Hartmann wrote: >>than 1%. I know of no other sport in which this is the case. Chess has to be >>flexible in finding sponsors, or it must be willing to return to the old >>backroom days when prize funds were miniscule and the greatest players on the >>planet normally died in abject poverty. > >You totally misunderstand organized chess players. You have probably never been >to a chess club yourself. Most organized chess players are completely >disinterested in publicity, sponsoring, public recognization etc. > >Jürgen I have played chess for chess clubs. I have played chess as a junior player in the same class as GM Ljubo Ljubojevic. And even as a junior player I was interested in publicity, sponsoring, etc. Most if not all of the guys in the club felt the same. I am willing to dispute your opinion that "most organised chess players are completely disinterested in publicity, sponsoring, public recognition etc." by saying that most of them ARE interested in such. *** Djordje
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