David Richerby wrote:

David Richerby wrote:

J.D. Walker wrote:
Summarizing: where is the economic legitimacy of professional chess
in a capitalist society?

I don't see why you're singling out chess. Where is the economic
legitimacy of professional sport as a whole in a capitalist society?

Market share dumbkoff - witness coke-snorter Angelica Hingis quits
celeb. swiss + Adidas Fed. triumphs again! Really, my long held
suspicions about this 'Dave' character being nothing more than an
overeducated moron have proved correct..

But isn't it just that people are prepared to pay for entertainment?

I single out chess because I care about it, and because it is topical
here.

OK but I don't think that chess is in a significantly different
position to other sports/games/whatever-you-want-to-call-them-s.

As for entertainment, my point was that chess makes poor
entertainment for the masses, thus basing a chess economy on the
entertainment dollar is not sensible.

It's poor entertainment for the masses, yes. But fine wine, haute
couture, supercars and luxury yachts are also poor entertainment for
the masses

Who told you this garbage you chocolate fart-muscle? You really trying
to posit that the 99% aren't interested (entertained) by the 1% who have
all this garbage you spiel on about - you envious little poofter?..

and do just fine. Now, of course, they are all low-volume,
high-value markets, while chess is relatively low volume and low
value. And that indicates why professional chess players aren't rich
unless they started rich.

It also indicates that you're a typical whining, snivelling & swingeing
new englunder who seriously needs to get your inbred envies & jealousies
well in line. Sadly, for a moron like you that doesn't look like any
time soon.. Try to deal with it & try to get of the sound o

Fundamentally, though, chess does little more than entertain, just
like any other sport/etc.

Really? I was under the impression 'chess' was more about huge ideas in
life & the affairs of _man_ somewhat like War (for keeps) but maybe I'm
mistaken here. Oh well, pompous one, as an Englunder you're doubtless a
yawn cricket fanatic..

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

More inane flummery & received god-oath 25th hand asininity from one of
our regular hole digging idiotic morons..


Dave.