@P7formula said in #7:
> Have the World Championship decided by a biltz game is ludicrous..
No, actually it makes a lot of sense.
It costs money to organize an event. Nepo and Ding were staying at five star hotels. Do you think the hotels let them stay for free? Do you think the hotel meals were free? Do you think when the hotel paid the supplier, who bought the food from the farmer, it was free?
Do you think their planet tickets were free? Do you think the jet fuel is free?
It's extremely expensive to organize events of that magnitude, and you can only invest for so long. You need to have a start-date, and an end-date, so that you can determine all of your costs, and advertisement revenue.
Now you've just learned something about business.
It makes perfect sense to the players who understand, and the investor risking capital to organize the tournament.
> Have the World Championship decided by a biltz game is ludicrous..
No, actually it makes a lot of sense.
It costs money to organize an event. Nepo and Ding were staying at five star hotels. Do you think the hotels let them stay for free? Do you think the hotel meals were free? Do you think when the hotel paid the supplier, who bought the food from the farmer, it was free?
Do you think their planet tickets were free? Do you think the jet fuel is free?
It's extremely expensive to organize events of that magnitude, and you can only invest for so long. You need to have a start-date, and an end-date, so that you can determine all of your costs, and advertisement revenue.
Now you've just learned something about business.
It makes perfect sense to the players who understand, and the investor risking capital to organize the tournament.