At the highest level the lowest was probably ₤5 for Morphy for his match against Harrwitz and Anderssen both in 1858 and $5,000,000 sponsored by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the World Championship Tournament organised in 1997.
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Quotes of the Day
Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.
Savielly Tartakower
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Robert Fischer 1971
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.
Mark Dvoretsky
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein