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GM Tomashevsky has just won the Gran prix tourney in Tbilisi. For his efforts he received $22,390. and gained 29 rating points. He is now 17th in the world. When you consider their travel expenses, top GMs aren't making much money...

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Originally posted by woadman
GM Tomashevsky has just won the Gran prix tourney in Tbilisi. For his efforts he received $22,390. and gained 29 rating points. He is now 17th in the world. When you consider their travel expenses, top GMs aren't making much money...
maybe chess money comes from other sources. winning tournaments is ok, but the big money comes from was it is involved to make possible that tournament

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Originally posted by Schlecter
maybe chess money comes from other sources. winning tournaments is ok, but the big money comes from was it is involved to make possible that tournament
Sorry, I did not understand your comment. You mean players get money from some other source ?

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Originally posted by woadman
Sorry, I did not understand your comment. You mean players get money from some other source ?
Maybe I mean other people make money from the activity of players: Tournament Organizers, FIDE Managers.....etc, etc....

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Originally posted by woadman
Sorry, I did not understand your comment. You mean players get money from some other source ?
Sponsorship and so forth.

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Originally posted by woadman
GM Tomashevsky has just won the Gran prix tourney in Tbilisi. For his efforts he received $22,390. and gained 29 rating points. He is now 17th in the world. When you consider their travel expenses, top GMs aren't making much money...
Thats because the Gran prix tournaments are just qualifiers for the candidates tournament. If you win the candidates then you will have a slice of the world championship purse which was 1.5 mil in the last championship. So it depends on what you mean by "Top GMs"

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Originally posted by iChopWoodForFree
Thats because the Gran prix tournaments are just qualifiers for the candidates tournament. If you win the candidates then you will have a slice of the world championship purse which was 1.5 mil in the last championship. So it depends on what you mean by "Top GMs"
as a matter of fact it is noticeable that money is important in chess, from very high stakes to selling tickets for a tournament..... or from memberships in a chess club http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/grandmaster-looks-to-rebrand-chess-with-high-stakes-tournament/article21115832/