J.D. Walker wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
Fundamentally, though, chess does little more than entertain, just
like any other sport/etc.

*** To its niche market, ***

it's very entertaining. It would be foolish to base a `chess
economy' on anything other than its entertainment value.

Exactly. Explain it to the people who suggest moving into the mass
TV market to bring big bucks into chess.

I tried. They insinuated that I somehow wanted to hold chess back and
deny it its place in the sun.


Dave.

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