Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 13:17:49 03/01/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 11:18:24, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On March 01, 2006 at 10:25:40, Mark Boylan wrote: > >>Is there really that much money in computer chess that they can have million >>dollar purses? More importantly, will the event draw over a million in new >>business? >> >>I guess they must have it figured out. > >Patron of the WCC 2006 is Peer Steinbrück, >the German Minister of Finance ;-) Don´t write misleading informations here, Gerd. ;-) The word "Patron" has many meanings in English. Steinbrueck is only the "Schirmherr" of the event and will not pay a single cent. Btw, Chessbase is of course only _one_ sponsor of the event. The organizer Universal Event Promotion is basically only Kramniks manager Hensel, I guess. Michael
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