I have the greatest respect for Dan, but I think this story is a hoax.

Who would put up $15 million to sponsor a match of gothic chess, where
Fischer was a participant? What will the sponsors receive in return? The
Fischer factor aside, who will be interested in this contest? As a chess
player, I am not very interested in variants except perhaps for Fischer
Random. I've never even played over a F-R game though.

Supposedly the prize fund will be between $10 million and $15 million, plus
for some reason the organizers must rent *all* the rooms in the hotel for
the duration of the match, so you can throw in another few million. Plus the
organization.

I'll go out on a limb: this match will never happen. If it does it will be a
huge dud.

adp



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oups.com...
There will be a live announcement about FISCHER-KARPOV by guest Ed
Trice on my "Ask the Renaissance Show" Thursday Oct 12 at 9-10 PM. Due
to the special nature of this announcement, the ICC is making this show
available to EVERYONE, and not just ICC members (i.e., "Guests" can
listen this week). To listen to the show go to www.chess.fm and click
on the Dan Heisman show.

Ed Trice is the inventor of Gothic Chess. His website is
www.gothicchess.org

My website is www.danheisman.com

NM Dan Heisman