Is more easy to become a millionaire or a Gm ?
compare the amount of them.
there are approximately 1500 GMs, and about 36 Million Millionaires according to inc.com
id prefer to be an gm than a millionare
there are approximately 1500 GMs, and about 36 Million Millionaires according to inc.com
id prefer to be an gm than a millionare
You can born into being millionaire without any talent... so, I would tell that it's easier. :D
There're even more billionaires than GMs.
Yeah... millionaires are a common run-of-the-mill sort... GM's are like not so common...hmm... rare. The sun rises and sets and is brighter than the moon...hmm... Deep Thoughts.
You can become millionaire easily winning the lottery. Or marrying Mr or Mrs Right. Becoming GM might prove to be a more diffcult task.
GM require talent and plenty of things, millionaires...require nothing. there is a LOT of way to get rich but only two or three ways to become a GM.
both are pretty hard though: there is way more people attempting the millionaire side
both are pretty hard though: there is way more people attempting the millionaire side
@PathSeeker1 I was starting to read this thread and was going to say GM needs skill, practice, determination, and hard work, while you can be a millionaire by being drunk and homeless, buying lottery tickets and having a bit of luck. But then you said that. lol
It is easier for a millionaire to become a GM.
There are more millionaires than GMs because vastly more people are trying to become millionaires, than GMs.
There are more millionaires than GMs because vastly more people are trying to become millionaires, than GMs.
Approx 1500+ GM's (2500+ used here as a crude ELO number, as others have stated) as opposed to currently 1600+ billionaires. Also please do consider however those also only rated as lowly Masters though and master-level+ in chess (2400+) is also just about below 5000 in absolute numbers (taking just last 50+ years here). Compare that to the approx 18~36 million millionaires.
Even FIDE masters (which is at ELO about 2300~ 2425 qua ratings) and these only number about 10K in total.
I know of one Israeli guy whose FIDE rating flip-flops around 2375 and he has authored about 75x chess books and also composed about 100x original chess studies. Some (luckily very few) of his own individual studies include a black king surrounded by 6 foreign pieces and then 2 maybe key moves needed for mate in 4 or 5. His better studies are more like real-game replications and mostly involve endgame twists and a single surprise move or so. He is (with a FIDE ELO of now about 2375) well capable of playing about 10 games simultaneously and with all of these games being blind cq memorized and to win most of these games too.
A friend of mine with an approx rating of about 2250 used to terrorize Central park in NYC, by just laying out a chess board and then challenging all-comers to a odds matches. You win and $100 to you, I win and $20 to me. Needless to say, he made a nice living - as only 20~50K people in the world (and most live in East Europe or else Russia too) can even get anywhere vaguely close to 2250+ in ELO compared to maybe 750 million out-there who can make chess moves. 25
At ELO about 2250, you should be capable of beating about 8/10 in simultans and to play maybe 5 people blind at once and to win most of these games too. If you have 2250 in ELO, you'll mostly easily beat about 99.9% of all chess players in the world. That won't make you any real money though. It's not poker haha. Just some bragging rights or an online chess reputation maybe.
Chess does not deliver millions though, not dollar $'ms anyways. Just a lifetime of enjoying or exploring the latest kingside or QS or minority or exchange sacrifice win or holding down the centre or backs to the wall wins. Or a nifty bit of opening play.
$ millions give you the freedom to do anything you like, chess skills give you the freedom to do the one thing you like. Up to you here. Do one thing very good or do many things.
Even FIDE masters (which is at ELO about 2300~ 2425 qua ratings) and these only number about 10K in total.
I know of one Israeli guy whose FIDE rating flip-flops around 2375 and he has authored about 75x chess books and also composed about 100x original chess studies. Some (luckily very few) of his own individual studies include a black king surrounded by 6 foreign pieces and then 2 maybe key moves needed for mate in 4 or 5. His better studies are more like real-game replications and mostly involve endgame twists and a single surprise move or so. He is (with a FIDE ELO of now about 2375) well capable of playing about 10 games simultaneously and with all of these games being blind cq memorized and to win most of these games too.
A friend of mine with an approx rating of about 2250 used to terrorize Central park in NYC, by just laying out a chess board and then challenging all-comers to a odds matches. You win and $100 to you, I win and $20 to me. Needless to say, he made a nice living - as only 20~50K people in the world (and most live in East Europe or else Russia too) can even get anywhere vaguely close to 2250+ in ELO compared to maybe 750 million out-there who can make chess moves. 25
At ELO about 2250, you should be capable of beating about 8/10 in simultans and to play maybe 5 people blind at once and to win most of these games too. If you have 2250 in ELO, you'll mostly easily beat about 99.9% of all chess players in the world. That won't make you any real money though. It's not poker haha. Just some bragging rights or an online chess reputation maybe.
Chess does not deliver millions though, not dollar $'ms anyways. Just a lifetime of enjoying or exploring the latest kingside or QS or minority or exchange sacrifice win or holding down the centre or backs to the wall wins. Or a nifty bit of opening play.
$ millions give you the freedom to do anything you like, chess skills give you the freedom to do the one thing you like. Up to you here. Do one thing very good or do many things.
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