I wish the participants of the World Chess Championship got more money. There are so many expenses involved with seconds, computers, months of prep, taxes, etc… I think it would be more attractive to wealthy sponsors/ patrons if the prizes for the players was a minimum of
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5 million USD. I’m guessing if the prizes were crazy, Magnus would likely play again. But I think it will get more coverage and interest if the players get huge money. This is why the WSOP main event is so popular, the winner gets millions. If the WSOP main event winner won $750k
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Then far less people would care, especially media. Also, the World Championship shouldn’t be organized last minute. We should already know site and details of the event is in November-December.
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@ben_finegold
The flip side is that if FIDE won’t take its position seriously, it just opens the floor for an entrepreneur to stand up a competing event that ultimately becomes even more prestigious.
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@ben_finegold
I'd be very curious to see a breakdown of the cost of playing in the WCC. It's a lot dough, but yeah, after expenses? Is it?
Of course, you have to take time off from regular tourneys to prep, so you're losing money there too.....break it down Ben!
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@ben_finegold
But then the event broadcasts and usually there isn't any way for fans to support the event. We just watch. It is hard for players to get more if they don't do a marketing survey and sell stuff during the event.
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@ben_finegold
Unfurtunately, there is very limited audience for this event. If it could be promoted as China vs India brawl, then it might get more interest. But when I say to my friends that stayed up last night watching a chess game, they always reply its time badly spent
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@ben_finegold
No one sponsors classical chess because only chess masters like watching classical chess. Also, the prize fund for WSOP could be $5 billion and I wouldn't care. You greatly overestimate mainstream society's interest in poker. No one cares about poker except for poker degenerates.
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@ben_finegold
If you want money there are three people fans would pay to see. One quit these things. The second probably should be in this but ran bad, now pushes online crypto slots to kids. The third is the ~45th best player in the world maybe a cheater but would probably still beat Ding.
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@ben_finegold
I mean that is for sponsors to decide. FIDE has specified the minimum amount.
Where will this money come from? Is it even recoverable directly or indirectly during the event?
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