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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10741518

Quite a nice piece, I think.

Good spot. Thanks for the link.

Judging by his house this chess teaching over the internet is obviously quite lucrative!

Yes, it's not a bad house, is it?

"One of the best players in the world"?

Depends how you define that I suppose - is he in the world top 100??

Matt Mackenzie wrote:"One of the best players in the world"?

Depends how you define that I suppose - is he in the world top 100??

#315 out of all active players.

Eoin Devane wrote:

Matt Mackenzie wrote:"One of the best players in the world"?

Depends how you define that I suppose - is he in the world top 100??

#315 out of all active players.

Which puts him in the interesting position of being phenomenally good by almost any standard (315 out of, what? 7 billion?, is not too shabby is it?) and yet at the same time rather average. He is that true oxymoron an ordinary grandmaster. Albeit an ordinary grandmaster with a nice house

Jonathan Bryant wrote: Albeit an ordinary grandmaster with a nice house

But does his wife work and bring in most of the family income?

Ian Thompson wrote:

Jonathan Bryant wrote: Albeit an ordinary grandmaster with a nice house

But does his wife work and bring in most of the family income?

It looks like she's an estate agent (http://poweredby.century21.com/realesta ... Y-10897913), so quite possibly!

Eoin Devane wrote:

Ian Thompson wrote:

Jonathan Bryant wrote: Albeit an ordinary grandmaster with a nice house

But does his wife work and bring in most of the family income?

It looks like she's an estate agent (http://poweredby.century21.com/realesta ... Y-10897913), so quite possibly!

Not these days. One US realtor my wife knows first tried to put himself on fire. When that didn't work, he shot himself. The real estate market is the weakest it's been since records started to be kept. I don't know what US realtors are living on -- tinned dog food?

Jonathan Bryant wrote:

Eoin Devane wrote:

Matt Mackenzie wrote:"One of the best players in the world"?

Depends how you define that I suppose - is he in the world top 100??

#315 out of all active players.

Which puts him in the interesting position of being phenomenally good by almost any standard (315 out of, what? 7 billion?, is not too shabby is it?) and yet at the same time rather average. He is that true oxymoron an ordinary grandmaster. Albeit an ordinary grandmaster with a nice house

In some parts of the US (i.e., once you get out of New York City) even an IM is looked on as a demigod, a creature of fable.