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Do Any Top 50 GMs Have Non-Chess Jobs?

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defenserulz
Oct 4, 2014
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Do the top 50-ish GMs all play chess exclusively for their living or do any of them hold another job that is their primary one?  

Is it even possible to be a top GM and also have a full-time career doing something else? 

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Tricklev
Oct 4, 2014
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#2

Luke McShane

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_McShane

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greenfreeze
Dec 9, 2014
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#3

probably

you can't make a living at chess unless you are top 19