@Azice said in #3:
> This is beyond ridiculous. I think that not only FIDE but also other organizations such as USCF should work harder to get sponsorships that can increase the overall profits of the participants. It is easy for us to criticize and I understand they are in a challenging situation but I still think that some sort of corruption must be taking place because not a lot of improvement has been seen within the last couple of years. Perhaps companies like chess.com and the play Magnus group can help with this by offering tournaments with bigger prize pools. Regardless, some sort of program must be put in place by FIDE to help support players better.
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> Here are my suggestions:
> 1. Setup a program where professional chess players commit to going to jails/schools for troubled children to help them direct their energy to something constructive like chess rather than stuff like drugs etc. Perhaps, grandmasters could go to one of these places three or four times a year in exchange for financial support from the department of education or rehabilitation programs.
> 2. Use big names such as Hikaru and Magnus to help FIDE find more sponsors and increase the prize pools in their tournaments.
> 3. I think a lot of universities should offer elective chess classes offered by GMs. Why this is not a thing is beyond me.
> 4. I don't know... Rather than complain about FIDE, I think we should use this energy to help them come up with solutions to this dilema.
Hello Azice, the problem isn t talking to FIDE but FIDE itself, no other sports organisation did less than FIDE did for chess, its time to put FIDE away and establish an organistation that cares about promoting and developing chess as well as having their top players not constantly deal with financial issues.
Chess com did more for chess in last few years than FIDE did in its whole existence.
> This is beyond ridiculous. I think that not only FIDE but also other organizations such as USCF should work harder to get sponsorships that can increase the overall profits of the participants. It is easy for us to criticize and I understand they are in a challenging situation but I still think that some sort of corruption must be taking place because not a lot of improvement has been seen within the last couple of years. Perhaps companies like chess.com and the play Magnus group can help with this by offering tournaments with bigger prize pools. Regardless, some sort of program must be put in place by FIDE to help support players better.
>
> Here are my suggestions:
> 1. Setup a program where professional chess players commit to going to jails/schools for troubled children to help them direct their energy to something constructive like chess rather than stuff like drugs etc. Perhaps, grandmasters could go to one of these places three or four times a year in exchange for financial support from the department of education or rehabilitation programs.
> 2. Use big names such as Hikaru and Magnus to help FIDE find more sponsors and increase the prize pools in their tournaments.
> 3. I think a lot of universities should offer elective chess classes offered by GMs. Why this is not a thing is beyond me.
> 4. I don't know... Rather than complain about FIDE, I think we should use this energy to help them come up with solutions to this dilema.
Hello Azice, the problem isn t talking to FIDE but FIDE itself, no other sports organisation did less than FIDE did for chess, its time to put FIDE away and establish an organistation that cares about promoting and developing chess as well as having their top players not constantly deal with financial issues.
Chess com did more for chess in last few years than FIDE did in its whole existence.