Becoming a GM is one of those things where you not only have to be naturally predisposed to that skillset, but also spend every waking moment from childhood to adulthood thinking about Chess to get there. So it sort of selects for a type of rich, privileged, extremely determined person who doesn’t know anything about the world outside of 64 black and white squares.
In general, you know. I’m sure some of them are cool.
Becoming a GM is one of those things where you not only have to be naturally predisposed to that skillset, but also spend every waking moment from childhood to adulthood thinking about Chess to get there. So it sort of selects for a type of rich, privileged, extremely determined person who doesn’t know anything about the world outside of 64 black and white squares.
In general, you know. I’m sure some of them are cool.
In a way this is why chess is still segregated. The women didn’t want to put up with the dickhead men.