03-10-2015, 01:35 PM
StevieHilton Wrote:Good idea in practice getting famous players to come to Scotland for this kind of lecture, however the price was excessive at £150
Mmmm. Whether is was excessive or not rather depends on the value you put on it. It's not like there is a queue of former World Champions or World Championship finalists desperate to come up to Scotland for 4 days to lecture. Quite possibly this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most and Mr Short lived up to his billing.
£140 (it was) for around 16hrs with a World Championship finalist, former world no 3 and renowned speaker. Excessive? Get real, this isn't 1980. Also, I expect a profit was not made so it may well have been subsidised.
If it was excessive for your circumstances did you try speaking to Quality Chess first?