Yet there are still grandmasters complaining that they are treated as a second tier and denied appearance fees, reimbursement for all expenses and the other usual prerogatives. They insist that they are on a par with the elite, but in competitions like the Corus, they usually take the lower places. What they fail to consider is that the rewarded ones began on their level but fought their way upward.
Most fans think the perquisites of the elite are deserved.
Final Standings PlayerPts. Here is a complex battle between Vishwanathan Anand of India and Predrag Nikolic of Bosnia from the third round. After 13 cd, Nikolic had an important choice of strategic recaptures. 17 Nhg6 Rfe8, Anand would have been challenged to show what his knight posturing amounted to. This put his king knight into play, but left him with weak pawns at c6, e6 and f5.