Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 17:18:50 04/02/03
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On April 02, 2003 at 19:47:37, Russell Reagan wrote: >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. The other side of the coin(s) is that chess, at least on the that high level, is art. And the artist, like the doctor, also helps others. Sometimes a painting is better than a pill ;)
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