Help from chess players

[ZeeJustin]

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just have him play online- and he can hopefully teach himself. Yahoo chess is good, there is always someone better than you out there.

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Somehow I don't think this advice is ideal for a 10 year old.

[Dynasty]

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Remember this: only the top 30 chess players in the world make a living at it.

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Forget the above. It's completely untrue.

I was the President of the Boyslton Chess Club in Boston and came into contact with many people who made a living from playing chess in the New England area alone (with the exception of traveling for really big tournaments). Many of these people supplement their incomes by giving lessons. But, there are certainly non-world class players who make a living by only playing.

[TimM]

This is true. I make enough in prize money so that I could live comfortably homeless if I wanted to. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] But there are many players in this area around my rating, and even a few hundred points lower, who make their living solely by teaching private students, school and after school programs, and clubs. But this shouldn't even be a consideration for the parent of a child who simply enjoys playing chess.

BTW, I missed crossing paths with you by about two years. I played in the New England Amateur Team Championship at the Boylston Chess Club in 1995.