Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 16:47:37 04/02/03
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On April 02, 2003 at 19:31:58, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On April 02, 2003 at 17:25:20, Martin Giepmans wrote: > >>On April 02, 2003 at 16:20:35, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml >> >>The last thing I heard about him (already some years ago) is that he retired >>from professional chess and went to college to study medicine. > >It's a real shame too as he was talented. He still had some maturing to do as a >person and chessplayer so I'm sure his strength would only increase. I can only >speculate that he probably grew to hate the game with the constant unhealthy >militant grind that his psychotic father pushed on him. > >I can see his point in getting a good education BUT with the payouts these days >at the tourneys he'll never come close to that as a doctor PLUS the loads of >money u have to pay to get your degree and THEN the work u lose because you have >to go to college. > >hypothetical scenario > >8 years college ------------------------------- $25,000 = $200,000 >8 years (potential chess earnings) ----- $250,000 = $2,000,000 > >total loss $2.2 million dollars in his particular case > >let's just say he starts off as a doctor making $125,000 > >17.6 years to get it back! > >he must hate the game because he sure isn't doing it for finacial reasons. It >also seems to me that he grew disillusioned with himself after his loss to >Karpov in their match. Yes, what a shame that a human being might prefer to help others and save lives instead of piling up hoards of money for himself. What a shame.
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