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Subject: Re: Computer at NL Championship

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:05:30 05/08/00

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On May 08, 2000 at 15:59:02, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>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
>
>If you are organized and professional meaning makeing your living with computer
>chess you have to be interested in those kind of things as this means more
>income for you.
>
>Stefan


It can also cause a big negative backlash.

been there, done that...



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