Re:The Forgotten Home of Tennis’s Open Era
by Scarblac on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @05:22AM
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In Dutch chess, grandmaster JH Donner was the first professional player. In the 1960s he played in the Dutch team.
The other team members got paid for playing in tournaments because they had to take time off from their jobs and obviously had to be compensated for that, but Donner got paid nothing because as a chess professional he didn't have a job.
The other team members got paid for playing in tournaments because they had to take time off from their jobs and obviously had to be compensated for that, but Donner got paid nothing because as a chess professional he didn't have a job.