Re: Why is poker getting so much attention and not chess?

> Chessplayers don't like the attention. I was playing at the National
> Open in Las Vegas, a million years ago and ESPN was there. However,
> chessplayers don't want the cameras inside the playing room, so ESPN
> left.
>
> If the time comes when chessplayers will no longer be distracted by the
> cameras, then I would say that chess is ready to be advertised.

TV cameras don`t distract majority of players. Only idiots claim that
cameras disturb them.


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