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Re:Counterintuitive economics of a chess tournament by yitchelle on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:58AM (#10385628)
Prizes for best dressed? Is this referring to some chess maneuvers, or the actual clothes the players are wearing?
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Re:Counterintuitive economics of a chess tournament by komaromy on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @08:22AM (#10386170)
The actual clothes. Chess players are notoriously poorly dressed and the organizers want to be able to eventually package this for television, so they give some incentive for improvement.
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