Do I just need to play or do I have to work as hard as I possibly can to get better all the time like an actual pro?
If I've just got to play and do however much studying and practicing I want (and I would do some) I'd do it for expenses plus maybe 30K.
If I have to actually work as hard as a pro, I'd call that a pretty high-intensity job. I'd need a lot more.
Do I just need to play or do I have to work as hard as I possibly can to get better all the time like an actual pro?
Yup, I have exactly the same question.
Do I just need to play or do I have to work as hard as I possibly can to get better all the time like an actual pro?
If I've just got to play and do however much studying and practicing I want (and I would do some) I'd do it for expenses plus maybe 30K.
I didn't think of it that way originally, but no, you'd actually have to try to excel.
Do I just need to play or do I have to work as hard as I possibly can to get better all the time like an actual pro?
If I've just got to play and do however much studying and practicing I want (and I would do some) I'd do it for expenses plus maybe 30K.
I didn't think of it that way originally, but no, you'd actually have to try to excel.
Ah, then forget it - wouldn't take the job. If I wanted to do that then I'd probably actually be trying to...do that.
20 K
about $e^e^e
Do I just need to play or do I have to work as hard as I possibly can to get better all the time like an actual pro?
If I've just got to play and do however much studying and practicing I want (and I would do some) I'd do it for expenses plus maybe 30K.
I didn't think of it that way originally, but no, you'd actually have to try to excel.
Ah, then forget it - wouldn't take the job. If I wanted to do that then I'd probably actually be trying to...do that.
same here
For you 20K guys, in all seriousness, how far away from getting good enough to make that are you if you quit your job right now and play full time? That number might not be crazy unrealistic if you think of the many options besides winning big-name tournaments that are out there. Good article:
http://www.chess.com/article/view/making-money-in-chess
Not giving advice, by the way, just noting that if chess is your dream job and 20k is what you're looking to make, it might not be out of reach.
I'd take $50k per year after my expenses were paid ideally, but would try to make it on less...
...I'd never work another day in my life!
Its not possible to do much more than have a subsistance existance playing chess and it really only the top 50 in the world can even eek out a living at it. When Anand was #3 in the world he is quoted as thinking about giving it up because there's no money in it. Carlson is the first player since Fischer to really make a lot at it and his money is actually from endorsements because he's young, smart, and good looking.
Are you talking about THE Magnus Carlsen? He is good looking?????????? oh dear....he might be young and smart but farrrrrr from being good looking LOL
Are you talking about THE Magnus Carlsen? He is good looking?????????? oh dear....he might be young and smart but farrrrrr from being good looking LOL
I am glad you showed up to bring all of this out Anna. I find it difficult to give objective opinions about such things. I felt like I couldn't win that argument, no matter what I said or how I said it. If he had said it about Natalia Pogonina ( the worlds highest paid chess player) I would have been inclined to agree. I don't think Magnus is an ugly person, but I don't get the impression he is sought as much for his modeling, as his chess stature...
I heard GMs don't play chess for fun.
well....for some ladies HE might be va va voom! hahahahahaha Not for me darling....what is cute for one may not be cute for the other
Annabella, you have more of a Nakamura sweet tooth, don't you? No Magnus, but bring in Hikaru Dikaru Dock!!
Oh gosh no.....hahahahahaha if I have to pick one I would stay with Magnus P.I. hahahaha
We should keep it quiet, but Anna only has eyes for me.
Haha. Annabella doesn't always go for Britians, BUT when she does, she always picks ScottRF!!
I'd take $50k per year after my expenses were paid ideally, but would try to make it on less...
...I'd never work another day in my life!