"SAT W-7" wrote in message
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strive to be in the top 25 GM's in the world or would you be happy to be
in the 70's or 80's 90;s rank in the world ?

Adorjan told me in his interview that maybe the top 30 players in the world
actually earned money by playing chess - he admitted that other opinion says
top 50.

Or would you be happy just to be a GM even if it meant you were one of
the weakest GM.s in the world....

But to maintain the standard of GM performance if you are not paid for it,
means giving up much else in order to do so. Would you want to do that? What
if it were giving up everything else, still want to be a GM?

Me , i think id be happy just being a no name GM.....Then again if you
put that much of your life into being a GM then why not try harder to be
one of the best ?

Still for me a no name GM would be ok for me because id still be one of
the elate and that would satisfy me ...

Yes. It is understandable! I suppose the ultimate question along these lines
would be, "would you like to be like Fischer?" And there's the rub, as
Shakespeare said.

Cordially, Phil Innes