The Chess Player Who Became A BILLIONARE!

pretty good!

[nebuchadnezzar]

How to become a billionaire by playing chess:
Step 1: Quit chess

[dwikiagustian]

And he sacrifice chess to promote his own career.

Now that is briliant move

[masroorshouveek]

My rating is above 1500 and my friends treat me like GM 😂😂

[DP-wfws]

He just called every chess player broke

[adamelestratega]

Open a chess club in New york and teach people how to play chess while reporting only half of your income

[iiluminiac]

Man called magnus broke by attending his game LOL

[MyChevySonic]

He founded a capital management company in 1996, two years before co-founding pay pal. In other words, he was already rich, probably why he was even allowed to pursue competitive chess despite his comparatively low elo.

[dmlsjsjsidishde]

of course he is a Billionaire because of chess. he calculated every move

[littlefoxy]

Love the title...

*"Sudoku player becoming billionair!"*
*Elon Musk did a minimum of 1 Sudoku games in his life and is now a billionair!*

[Elo]

No, 1% isn't enough to be able to live a good life from chess. You need to be one of the top 100.

[furqaanabdul]

also means that it is good to quit chess for good if i am right, especially when one is not making any progess at all

[dragonusuralis]

I don’t agree with Thiel on a lot of political stuff but the dude is a genius. The fact that he’s a titled chess player without even it being his main job says a lot

[casper-tvtx]

Yeah I think story would be same if he was going around chowing rocks instead of playing chess.

[hellomate]

For the rest of you 1200 elos. Even 2200 won't get you close to the Top at GMs level who's ratings are at 2600. And he was only a National Master, you'd have to become an International Master and then a Grandmaster. He realized the futility of continuing chess and was right.

[Teesavv]

Say you don’t play chess without saying I don’t play chess “only 2200” 😭🤦‍♂️

[redox]

I am in the top 1% and I assure you I make 0 dollars from chess. To make a living you need to be in the top 100. There are more than 147 million people who play chess weekly online.

[ryce]

I still don't understand what this got to do with chess.

[branden]

Levi and botez females have entered the chat

[iloiuse]

Are there people who think that chess will make them rich?

[samueldvorak]

def sounds sketchy to have made his money off of CIA operations