Peter Doggers of chessvibes/chess.com comments on the announcement of a cut down Grand Prix series.Stewart Reuben wrote:I rather think Agon is a goner. Andrew may have some influence in FIDE. Certainly Kasparov rather snarled when Andrew and I accidentally encountered him yesterday.
http://www.chess.com/news/fide-publishe ... ities-3023
These paragraphs caught my eye.
Last but not least, for each of the four tournaments travel expenses and full board & lodging costs need to be provided for two AGON representatives, and four times AGON will receive a 15,000 Euro fee for “management & support”.
So what is the situation with AGON? Who owns the company? Where does the prize money come from? Who are the two representatives? What will it be doing with the management & support fees?
Andrew Paulson, who has claimed to be AGON's only shareholder (which was claimed by FIDE as well), told Chess.com: “I have not done anything with AGON in the last 1.5 years. It's out of my hands.”
FIDE could not comment on the AGON situation either, due to “confidentiality clauses.” A spokesperson wrote the following in an email:
“Agon will issue a statement regarding Grand-Prix series till Friday. We are not prepared to speak on ownership now as the issue is still being finalized.”