*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*Hikaru's fine*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*how about Levy Rosenman *cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*Magnus Carlsen*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*
*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*Hikaru's fine*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*how about Levy Rosenman *cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*Magnus Carlsen*cough cough**cough cough**cough cough*
and of kasporov? now an important political figure, very sucessful as a person. an established humanitarian, philanthropist, and scholar.
you are bringing up one-off cases. these are not representative of titled players in general. also, all of these players have been dead for years.
such a stupid thread it should be locked.
Nobody wants to hear those opinions.
If you don't like this thread don't participate in it.
i am a master and i can tell you, if i spent all the time i had on chess on say programming or mathematics since an early age, i would have something resembling success more although im not sure the hoi polloi would call it a life lol
This list needs to be updated to include the characters of today. We can't leave out the Butt Plug Bandit (Hans), although it remains to be seen just how much his life/career has been ruined.
Too much of anything is bad. Milk, cookies, heroin, tv, exercise, and yes, gaming. It's not just chess. Balance is important. If working at playing a board game like the masters did requires that much dedication and commitment to become a profession there will be trade offs. Like psychological health.
Never play chess; you might end up eating gourmet meals, flirting with beautiful ladies, and wearing $1500 suits.