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| Mar 27, 2023 at 3:13 | comment | added | Allure | en.chessbase.com/post/… "Nowadays it is not automatic after getting your grandmaster title, but as I said, at 2650 you have a good chance of supporting yourself." 2650 is high, but not top 10. | |
| Jul 28, 2016 at 0:32 | comment | added | Saikat | @xaisoft Hmm ... Also, most of the top(10-20) guys would have spent their entire childhood, studying chess when they weren't playing. So, I don't think they'd have too many desires that require money. They'd probably just want enough money so that their livelihood doesn't distract them from chess. Also, preparing for chess is such a time taking activity, I doubt they'll have much time for other things in their schedules. | |
| Jul 28, 2016 at 0:05 | comment | added | xaisoft | @user230452 - I guess I should have been more clear. It seems as you can make a comfortable living soley on chess if you are in the top ten. I am sure more make money, but I am just guessing they have other means of income such as making youtube videos, etc. Hope this is clear. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 15:08 | comment | added | Saikat | Are you serious when you say only the top ten can make money off chess ? I thought the top 100 or so were covered because chess is so popular in so many countries, and I see Grand Masters lecturing a lot on YouTube and writing books. | |
| Jul 8, 2014 at 17:58 | comment | added | Lynob | @kingsmasher1 I totally agree that chess seems a waste of time, sometime, but for me, I'd rather waste my time in chess rather than fb or xbox or tv :) it's just like defeating someone in counter strike or red alert, difference is, chess is better for your brain. But I do agree with every point you made | |
| Jan 27, 2013 at 11:55 | vote | accept | RajSanpui | ||
| Jan 14, 2013 at 22:32 | comment | added | ETD | @kingsmasher1, my point wasn't actually about any one of the things I mentioned. My point was that one could just as easily say what you're saying about chess, about any use of one's free time, and so about the sum total of one's free time. That is, the point you seem to be trying to make about chess would just as well extend to all the rest of one's leisure activities that take time, leading to the conclusion that any use of free time in a way that doesn't have a direct impact on one's job skills is somehow strange or perplexing. But it's not, of course, and the same goes for chess. | |
| Jan 14, 2013 at 11:44 | comment | added | RajSanpui | @EdDean: "any hobby or pastime (or vacation, or sleeping, or parents playing with their kids)" no doubt these are hobby and good pastime too, but these just takes couple of hours or a month at max for a vacation, but does not take prolonged practice, concentration or study as chess. For people who are not into much of brain related work like clerks, or store-workers chess may help to keep sharpen their wits, but for people who are into software jobs, they should look at alternate hobbies which may relax their minds rather than strain, again it is individual choice and opinions can differ. | |
| Jan 14, 2013 at 10:36 | comment | added | ETD | @kingsmasher1, "If the same effort would have been spent elsewhere, i guess they would have raised their standard of living for sure." I think many feel that the effort involved in chess is rewarding enough in itself for it to have raised their standard of living in another sense entirely. You could say of any hobby or pastime (or vacation, or sleeping, or parents playing with their kids) that one's time could have instead been spent working on making more money. To each his own. | |
| Jan 14, 2013 at 5:54 | comment | added | RajSanpui | kudos to you for this: ` it is not about the money, it is about having fun.` upvote to you. But the strange thing is, people put so much effort just to have fun? Memorizing openings, reading books, spending hours analyzing, wasting money etc. If the same effort would have been spent elsewhere, i guess they would have raised their standard of living for sure. | |
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| Jan 13, 2013 at 15:46 | history | answered | xaisoft | CC BY-SA 3.0 |