David Howell

It wasn't so great when I was that good.

It wasn't so great when I was that good.

But it's nice to see the younger generation coming through now and the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, they're kind of leading the way, fighting for their fellow pros.

But it's nice to see the younger generation coming through now and the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, they're kind of leading the way, fighting for their fellow pros.

And yeah, it's very decent these days, if you're at the top.

And yeah, it's very decent these days, if you're at the top.

But still, there is this kind of...

But still, there is this kind of...

There's this level where it's kind of, you don't know whether you can fully make a living off playing.

There's this level where it's kind of you don't know whether you can fully make a living off playing and I think that's the toughest Were you tutoring on the side to kind of get by?

And I think that's the toughest part.

Were you tutoring on the side to kind of get by?

Yeah, like I was studying at university and I was kind of, yeah, moonlighting, just doing a bit of teaching on the side and writing for newspapers, magazines about chess just to make ends meet.

Yeah, like I was studying at university and I was kind of yeah moonlighting just did a bit of teaching on the side and writing for newspapers magazines about chess just to make ends meet Wow

Wow.

Like, I'm glad I did it.

I'm glad I did it.

But yeah, it's sad that it's like in any profession that you have kind of at the top, you still have to rely on the side hustles.

But yeah, it's sad that it's like in any profession that you have kind of at the top, you still have to rely on the side hustles.

Yeah.