03-05-2015, 04:05 PM
I know that Andrew and others will disagree with me, but I have a (completely subjective and unprovable) belief that prize funds should be the same across all sections and that there should be as few cross-subsidies as possible.
That's the way the new 4NCL FIDE rated congresses are set up. Prize money differs across the divisions in the main 4NCL, but entry fees also differ between divisions (although I accept that mathematically it's not an entirely equitable split between entry fees and prize money).
An inadequate response to Clement's point is that: (a) grading prizes help to mitigate that effect to some degree; (b) life is inherently unfair, and chess as a subset of life is no different.
That's the way the new 4NCL FIDE rated congresses are set up. Prize money differs across the divisions in the main 4NCL, but entry fees also differ between divisions (although I accept that mathematically it's not an entirely equitable split between entry fees and prize money).
An inadequate response to Clement's point is that: (a) grading prizes help to mitigate that effect to some degree; (b) life is inherently unfair, and chess as a subset of life is no different.