Originally Posted by kbachler

During the past 35 years there have been several
major tournaments or events in Chicago. Money is always the issue and
it is always difficult to do.

A few years ago I met with executives of several major financial
companies to discuss chess sponsorships. I even described the angle
of being able to provide kiosks to market products to parents at
National scholastic events being that they were a captive audience
with some means (since they were at the tournament.) There was
absolutely ZERO interest. The only money they were willing to
consider were very small amounts based on the personal relationships I
had with people at the companies. The companies I spoke with were
located on the left coast, the right coast, and the midwest. I had
very high level introductions because of my contacts at each.

Kevin Bachler