No, why? I love Cubans.
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Have I perhaps missed something in the OP's post? Forgive me, but I can't find the point of it.If chess is your life, good for you. Good for you. Also, may I humbly point out the irony of the posters who have sought to correct the grammar of a previous post in a grammatically incorrect way?Good work all round.
Oct 5, 2017
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#44
"Choose a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."-Confucius
Chesscomsyndrome wrote:
Some of us have professions where we actually contribute something to society. We feed the world, we heal people. We make scientific or medical discoveries, or fix things. I would be embarrassed that I wasted so much unproductive time that I became good at a game. I prefer to be good at life.
you have not dived deep into the deep vast ocean called "chess" or you would say otherewise
wow!!
Oct 6, 2017
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#47
lol no. surely you cant insult me like that
YOU with a mere rating of 1367. AND to tell you one thing I find it of no use to update my fide rating here, an online platform where an unrated amauteur can win a GM after the GM mouse slips and still boast about it
To be fair, if you go around playing in tournaments where you win some cash, you can consider yourself a professional, right? According to the dictionary, a professional is someone who engage in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Whether he earns lots of money as a chess professional is another matter, but I certainly think his current rating is enough to win some cash here and there in small scale tournaments.
Whether he earns lots of money as a chess professional is another matter, but I certainly think his current rating is enough to win some cash here and there in small scale tournaments.
Oct 6, 2017
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#50
@AgeIsWisdom @Chesscomsyndrome - stop the personal attacks on each other. I have deleted the inappropriate references in previous posts, but if either of you continue to do this, stronger sanctions will be applied.
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Oct 6, 2017
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#51
IainLim wrote:
To be fair, if you go around playing in tournaments where you win some cash, you can consider yourself a professional, right? According to the dictionary, a professional is someone who engage in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Whether he earns lots of money as a chess professional is another matter, but I certainly think his current rating is enough to win some cash here and there in small scale tournaments.
Whether he earns lots of money as a chess professional is another matter, but I certainly think his current rating is enough to win some cash here and there in small scale tournaments.
I completely agree.
Oct 6, 2017
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#52
aHorseWithNoName wrote:
nope. i know a grocery store owner in my hood. his wife is a member of the women chess national team. she gives private chess lessons but its her husband who supports the family financially
Chess.... for women is a completely different matter. that said, see the number of woman players in the world top 100
Don't be foolish
Oct 6, 2017
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#56
Don't use the word, "foolish", in such a vague, general nondescript fashion; THAT would be foolish. :D
Oct 6, 2017
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#58
yeah take private lessons from her and you will be stuck at 1300. why do you care about MY job? you have the choice whether to comment or not. I would ask you to leave this thread.
**** you
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Chesscomsyndrome wrote:
yeah take private lessons from her and you will be stuck at 1300. why do you care about MY job? you have the choice whether to comment or not. I would ask you to leave this thread.
I don't approve of the way some people have talked to you, but there is a matter for genuine concern here. A life devoted to chess is a life that is in danger of being very difficult. It is much safer to combine chess with other interests. I suggest reading the 12 page chapter on becoming a chess professional in the book, Luther's Chess Reformation by GM Thomas Luther (2016).
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/LuthersChessReformation-excerpt.pdf
Post #47 provides a sample. The rest of the book (and some of the other stuff in post #47) might also be of interest.
I have met many people in various countries who are very depressed and rude too while losing games and cant handle swindles. particularly from the UK