David Howell

I mean, most grandmasters, they make a living through teaching or some now do content creation because playing tournaments, like there's no guarantees.

Some now do content creation because playing tournaments, there's no guarantees.

you often have to win to just to pay rent like uh and it's a lot of pressure like i think mental health is a big thing in chess like there's been a lot of kind of elite players who've struggled because just that pressure day in day out of needing to win and pain when you lose and you're like wait i can't make ends meet i don't have another tournament for three months yeah it's it's it's been tough wow it's nice to see it's getting better yeah

You often have to win just to pay rent, and it's a lot of pressure.

I think mental health is a big thing in chess.

There's been a lot of elite players who've struggled because just that pressure day in, day out of needing to win and pain when you lose and you're like, wait, I can't make ends meet.

I don't have another tournament for three months.

Yeah, it's been tough.

It's nice to see it's getting better.

Yeah, that could get stressful.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I would regularly play tournaments and it's like national championships and it's kind of it'll be a 10 day tournament.

I mean, I would regularly play tournaments and it's like national championships and it's kind of it'll be a ten day tournament.

first prize would be a couple of thousand dollars.

first prize would be a couple of thousand dollars.

That's it?

That's it?

Yeah, and you pay your own accommodation.

Yeah, and you pay your own accommodation.

So if you win, you might break even, you might make a bit of a profit.