Where is the money?
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The European Individual Women’s Chess Championship ended yesterday (this will be covered in the News section here) and as I was taking a look at the photos of the top players going into the final round, as well as the photos of the closing ceremony, I was struck by the long, sad looks on their faces. Could this be because they had only just realized that they will have to wait almost two months before seeing a penny of the 60,000 euro prize fund?
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- Who died?
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- Who died?
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- The long faces on the prize winners at the back say it all
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- More of the same.
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- Azmai wearing his usual ‘tux’.
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- And finally a smile, from the lovely Sabrina Vega, but she is the ONLY amateur amongst the prize winners…professionals live on their tournament earnings.
But apparently the official regulations had stipulated that the players would have to wait several months before seeing their prizes. But how many of the participants had actually noticed the relevant sentence way at the end of the official regulations, almost hidden in fine print?
