I’m not sure whether it’s Mastercard’s value to Carlsen, Mastercard’s value to chess, Carlsen’s value to Mastercard, chess’s value to Mastercard or what, but surely something here is priceless.
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I’m not sure whether it’s Mastercard’s value to Carlsen, Mastercard’s value to chess, Carlsen’s value to Mastercard, chess’s value to Mastercard or what, but surely something here is priceless.
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The idea of chess being a top-money e-sport is mind boggling!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2021/01/12/the-2020-esports-earnings-table-prizes-plummet-chess-wins-big/
My impression is that big chess championships used to be big business around 100 years ago, but news transmission was a lot slower then.