Answers.Body: <p>Chessbase has covered this topic extensively,</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-cash-kings-2013-guess-who-leads">Chess Cash Kings 2013</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/live-rating-list-of-chess-players-earnings">Live rating list of chess players earnings?</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: It's tough being a 2500-ish Professional chess player isn't it? Assuming he/she earns around $100,000 in all earnings on a good year, I wonder if that would be enough to make a good living especially since you are never guaranteed to earn the same amount every successive year.
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Answers.Body: <p>Top chess players have various sources of income, but if you are interested in prize money only there is a website tracking this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://chessearnings.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">How much do top chess players make in prize money?</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>This <a href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/making-money-in-chess">article</a> may answer your question.</p>
  
  <p>If you want it short:</p>
  
  <p>On average, according to Natalia Pogonina (WGM), the top-3 players in the world earn 1 million / year, top 10 - over 200 000$, top 50 - over 100 000$.</p>
  
  <p>If you want more information, try looking around this <a href="http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-much-money-can-gms-earn">thread</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Omg i never expected it to be so little, it's almost slavery compared to other sports
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Answers.Text: It was even less before Bobby Fischer started demanding higher prize funds for the big tournaments in which he participated. So you could even say that modern players are even better off than the players before them.
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Answers.Text: It is because chess isn't as wideplayed. We need more chessplayers.
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Answers.Text: @MikhailTal It is not only about wideplayed, it is how much revenue can an organizer collect. And how easy it is to follow game. Boxing is not much more spread then chess, but the revenue from ads, airing, tickets is huge. Hence boxers get lots of money. Also almost any half-drunk fat-belly would like to explain how a professional boxer should have done in some situation. Nonetheless fatman most probably would not be able to run 100 meters, he thinks that his opinion is important. In chess you can not do this. Even if you are good, you most probably have no idea what Kasparov is doing and why.
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Answers.Text: @Brass2010 ...except you're **free** to take your brain power at any point and do literally anything else. A little too hyperbolic not to reply in comment...
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Answers.Text: wow that is so little compared to other sports!
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Body: <p>What is the average income for an IM? What about for a super GM? Is there an online site/resource that has these average incomes?</p>
  
  <p>Also only the ones that come from chess or chess-related activities(Sponsorships, Commentary, Tournament Organisation, etc)</p>
  
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Comments.Text: In "chess-related activities" are you including coaching chess or royalties from writing chess books?
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Title: Average income for titled chess players
ThreadText: # Average income for titled chess players
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-23)
  
  What is the average income for an IM? What about for a super GM? Is there an online site/resource that has these average incomes?
  
  Also only the ones that come from chess or chess-related activities(Sponsorships, Commentary, Tournament Organisation, etc)
  
  **Tags:** grandmaster
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: In "chess-related activities" are you including coaching chess or royalties from writing chess books?  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2014-08-23. Score: 13 | Accepted answer
  
  This [article](http://www.chess.com/article/view/making-money-in-chess) may answer your question.
  
  If you want it short:
  
  On average, according to Natalia Pogonina (WGM), the top-3 players in the world earn 1 million / year, top 10 - over 200 000$, top 50 - over 100 000$.
  
  If you want more information, try looking around this [thread](http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-much-money-can-gms-earn).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_6**: Omg i never expected it to be so little, it's almost slavery compared to other sports  
  > **username_5**: It was even less before Bobby Fischer started demanding higher prize funds for the big tournaments in which he participated. So you could even say that modern players are even better off than the players before them.  
  > **username_0**: It is because chess isn't as wideplayed. We need more chessplayers.  
  > **username_7**: @username_0 It is not only about wideplayed, it is how much revenue can an organizer collect. And how easy it is to follow game. Boxing is not much more spread then chess, but the revenue from ads, airing, tickets is huge. Hence boxers get lots of money. Also almost any half-drunk fat-belly would like to explain how a professional boxer should have done in some situation. Nonetheless fatman most probably would not be able to run 100 meters, he thinks that his opinion is important. In chess you can not do this. Even if you are good, you most probably have no idea what Kasparov is doing and why.  
  > **username_8**: @username_6 ...except you're **free** to take your brain power at any point and do literally anything else. A little too hyperbolic not to reply in comment...  
  > **username_9**: wow that is so little compared to other sports!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-24. Score: 5
  
  Chessbase has covered this topic extensively,
  
  [Chess Cash Kings 2013](http://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-cash-kings-2013-guess-who-leads)
  
  [Live rating list of chess players earnings?](http://en.chessbase.com/post/live-rating-list-of-chess-players-earnings)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: It's tough being a 2500-ish Professional chess player isn't it? Assuming he/she earns around $100,000 in all earnings on a good year, I wonder if that would be enough to make a good living especially since you are never guaranteed to earn the same amount every successive year.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-08-26. Score: 3
  
  Top chess players have various sources of income, but if you are interested in prize money only there is a website tracking this:
  
  [How much do top chess players make in prize money?](http://chessearnings.com)
  
  
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