Answers.Body: <p>Chess software programmers is missing in the list. I can give you the following names (google them if you want to know more):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Larry Kaufman</li>
  <li>Mark Lefler</li>
  <li>Mark Uniacke</li>
  <li>Robert Hyatt</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Chess photographer is popular these days, but not a full-time career.<br>
  Operator of digital boards (think Lennart Ootes)<br>
  (Selling chess books, but it's debatable)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>My list of answers after much thinking.. </p>
  
  <p>Chess careers: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Professional players</li>
  <li>Coaches </li>
  <li>Preparation and playing partners</li>
  <li>Arbiters</li>
  <li>Chess writers</li>
  <li>Chess photographers</li>
  <li>Chess officials for federations </li>
  <li>Chess programmers</li>
  <li>Chess commentators </li>
  <li>Chess journalist</li>
  <li>Managers - for players</li>
  <li>Columists</li>
  <li>Chess artists - people who make wooden art work ?</li>
  <li>chess contractors (or freelancers) - like for chess based movie or startup projects. example: Marketing for a chess startup, research for a movie, etc. </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>UPDATES based on suggestions: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Chess composer</li>
  <li>Tournament director</li>
  <li>Staffs for chess related organization, federation, etc. -- which can actually be a career, than a mere stream of income. </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Interesting observations: 
  Most of the suggestions in this list can't stand out alone as a career, but would need the support of other projects to make a decent living. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Comments are welcome. I'll update this thread based on your feedback/suggestion</strong></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Tournament Director.
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Answers.Text: The bar for what can be a "career" seems to be very low; you couldn't make a living from most of these and would need to combine them with an actual job, or with others from the list.
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Answers.Text: +1 @RemcoGerlich I think this too too wide. For example, chess artists? Any professional artist can also do it.
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Answers.Text: There are people in that area trying to make a living ( e.g. http://www.chess-art.eu/catalog/ ) but calling that a career is going a bit far.
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Answers.Text: FIDE and national chess organisations officials?
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Answers.Text: I guess it depends on what you consider to be a "career" - if a "career" is something that occupies the majority of your time and generates your main income, then the only ones in this list that I think are plausible would be as a chess journalist/writer, or as an employee (e.g., office staff and officials) of one of the federations.  For any of the others in this list (aside from being a professional player, which only a few can do), I can't see many good ways to rely on chess as one's main source of income.
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Answers.Text: It was a very long time before I realized that tournament directors (USCF) and arbiters (FIDE) are actually paid, at least in large tournaments - I always thought they were just volunteers.  ;-)
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Answers.Text: Problem composer
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Answers.Text: @JeffY Is tournament director the same as *arbiter* ?
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Answers.Text: @RemcoGerlich Good observation!
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Answers.Text: @StudentT I couldn't find another word for people who make a living making beautiful chess sets. (Wooden, metal ones)
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Answers.Text: @patbarron Thanks for your comment! It makes perfect sense. Is there another way to word the question ? hm.. 
  *x Ways people make money in chess :P :) *
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Answers.Text: Problem composer! Yes, I worked on one, for a chess training site. @user58697
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Answers.Text: Is there any **professionnal** chess composer ? Even the best and most active ones don't make much money out of their composition (if any) afaik...
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Answers.Text: Missing on the list is a category that might be the most numerous: chess hustlers in parks.
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Body: <p>What are the different career options in Chess? The obvious and famous one is being a professional player, and the next best one is that of a chess coach. 
  What are the other careers that involve chess? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Intesting question +1
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Comments.Text: Which of these is not like the others:
  
  A. Physician B. Welder C. Chess professional D. Large pizza
  
  (C) is different - the others can feed a family of 4.
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Comments.Text: Very true @TonyEnnis I was never able to make a decent living playing tournaments. I started working for chess startups, and also as a chess coach.
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Comments.Text: I know a great chess player in Paris... He does Professional Street Miming to help him not starve .. :)
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Title: Careers in Chess
ThreadText: # Careers in Chess
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-07)
  
  What are the different career options in Chess? The obvious and famous one is being a professional player, and the next best one is that of a chess coach.
  What are the other careers that involve chess?
  
  **Tags:** careers
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Intesting question +1  
  > **username_2**: Which of these is not like the others:  A. Physician B. Welder C. Chess professional D. Large pizza  (C) is different - the others can feed a family of 4.  
  > **username_0**: Very true @TonyEnnis I was never able to make a decent living playing tournaments. I started working for chess startups, and also as a chess coach.  
  > **username_3**: I know a great chess player in Paris... He does Professional Street Miming to help him not starve .. :)  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-01-07. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  My list of answers after much thinking..
  
  Chess careers:
  
  * Professional players
  * Coaches
  * Preparation and playing partners
  * Arbiters
  * Chess writers
  * Chess photographers
  * Chess officials for federations
  * Chess programmers
  * Chess commentators
  * Chess journalist
  * Managers - for players
  * Columists
  * Chess artists - people who make wooden art work ?
  * chess contractors (or freelancers) - like for chess based movie or startup projects. example: Marketing for a chess startup, research for a movie, etc.
  
  UPDATES based on suggestions:
  
  * Chess composer
  * Tournament director
  * Staffs for chess related organization, federation, etc. -- which can actually be a career, than a mere stream of income.
  
  Interesting observations:
  Most of the suggestions in this list can't stand out alone as a career, but would need the support of other projects to make a decent living.
  
  **Comments are welcome. I'll update this thread based on your feedback/suggestion**
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_6**: Tournament Director.  
  > **username_7**: The bar for what can be a "career" seems to be very low; you couldn't make a living from most of these and would need to combine them with an actual job, or with others from the list.  
  > **username_4**: +1 @username_7 I think this too too wide. For example, chess artists? Any professional artist can also do it.  
  > **username_7**: There are people in that area trying to make a living ( e.g. http://www.chess-art.eu/catalog/ ) but calling that a career is going a bit far.  
  > **username_8**: FIDE and national chess organisations officials?  
  > **username_9**: I guess it depends on what you consider to be a "career" - if a "career" is something that occupies the majority of your time and generates your main income, then the only ones in this list that I think are plausible would be as a chess journalist/writer, or as an employee (e.g., office staff and officials) of one of the federations.  For any of the others in this list (aside from being a professional player, which only a few can do), I can't see many good ways to rely on chess as one's main source of income.  
  > **username_9**: It was a very long time before I realized that tournament directors (USCF) and arbiters (FIDE) are actually paid, at least in large tournaments - I always thought they were just volunteers.  ;-)  
  > **username_10**: Problem composer  
  > **username_0**: @JeffY Is tournament director the same as *arbiter* ?  
  > **username_0**: @username_7 Good observation!  
  > **username_0**: @StudentT I couldn't find another word for people who make a living making beautiful chess sets. (Wooden, metal ones)  
  > **username_0**: @username_9 Thanks for your comment! It makes perfect sense. Is there another way to word the question ? hm..  *x Ways people make money in chess :P :) *  
  > **username_0**: Problem composer! Yes, I worked on one, for a chess training site. @username_10  
  > **username_11**: Is there any **professionnal** chess composer ? Even the best and most active ones don't make much money out of their composition (if any) afaik...  
  > **username_11**: Missing on the list is a category that might be the most numerous: chess hustlers in parks.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-10-19. Score: 2
  
  Chess software programmers is missing in the list. I can give you the following names (google them if you want to know more):
  
  * Larry Kaufman
  * Mark Lefler
  * Mark Uniacke
  * Robert Hyatt
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-11-09. Score: 1
  
  Chess photographer is popular these days, but not a full-time career.  
  Operator of digital boards (think Lennart Ootes)  
  (Selling chess books, but it's debatable)
  
  
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