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    <p>So in the sense of holding down a job while playing he was an
    "amateur" player.</p>
    
    <p>So was Unzicker, a GM in the 70's, the last amateur GM?</p>
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  <p>No. Here are 4 current British "amateur" grandmasters.</p>
  
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  <li>English GM Matthew Turner is a teacher at Millfield School in Somerset.   </li>
  <li>English GM Matthew Sadler is a computer consultant in the Netherlands.   </li>
  <li>English GM Luke McShane (currently on <a href="https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/netanya-masters-2019/7/1/1" rel="noreferrer">4/7 in the Netanya Masters</a>) is a financial trader in London   </li>
  <li>Scottish GM Dr. Jonathan Rowson is Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts in London   </li>
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Answers.Body: <p>There are plenty of GMs that do not play professionally, e.g. GM <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/14/luke-mcshane-shares-third-consecutive-title" rel="noreferrer">Luke McShane is a financial trader</a>, GM <a href="https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/yifan-hou" rel="noreferrer">Hou Yifan is a Rhodes scholar</a>. So if your definition of "amateur" is holding down a job while playing occasionally, Wolfgang Unzicker certainly was not the last amateur GM.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: But I think you have fallen into a subtle trap there. They are GMs whose broad intent is to play chess only. Or to put it another way, their life is variable; Hou Yifan may come back after she does her studies.
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Answers.Text: @athornton I don't see how that's relevant. They're holding down a job while playing, making them amateurs.
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Answers.Text: Also Georg Meier, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSzG0BGfO8 (1:45).
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Answers.Text: I think the more important question is, did they _ever_ play professionally?  Do they hold other jobs because chess was never anything more than a serious hobby, or simply because professional chess didn't pay the bills?
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Answers.Text: If that's what the OP wants to ask, he/she should clarify that in the question.
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Answers.Body: <p>The economist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff#Chess" rel="noreferrer">Ken Rogoff</a> (b. 1953) achieved the GM title in 1978, but was never a "professional" chess player. Rogoff is currently a professor of economics at Harvard University.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: In the absence of better answers that are true "amateur" GMs I am going to tick this.
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Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Unzicker" rel="noreferrer">Wolfgang Unzicker</a> was a German GM, rated about 2550 and worked as a judge. In the sense of holding down a job while playing, he was an "amateur" player. </p>
  
  <p>So was Unzicker, a GM in the 70's, the last amateur GM?  </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Most GM's have a "real" job, very few make their living solely from chess.
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Title: Was Wolfgang Unzicker the last Amateur GM?
ThreadText: # Was Wolfgang Unzicker the last Amateur GM?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-30)
  
  [Wolfgang Unzicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Unzicker) was a German GM, rated about 2550 and worked as a judge. In the sense of holding down a job while playing, he was an "amateur" player.
  
  So was Unzicker, a GM in the 70's, the last amateur GM?
  
  **Tags:** grandmaster
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Most GM's have a "real" job, very few make their living solely from chess.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-07-01. Score: 17 | Accepted answer
  
  The economist [Ken Rogoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff#Chess) (b. 1953) achieved the GM title in 1978, but was never a "professional" chess player. Rogoff is currently a professor of economics at Harvard University.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: In the absence of better answers that are true "amateur" GMs I am going to tick this.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-30. Score: 33
  
  > So in the sense of holding down a job while playing he was an
  > "amateur" player.
  >
  > So was Unzicker, a GM in the 70's, the last amateur GM?
  
  No. Here are 4 current British "amateur" grandmasters.
  
  * English GM Matthew Turner is a teacher at Millfield School in Somerset.
  * English GM Matthew Sadler is a computer consultant in the Netherlands.
  * English GM Luke McShane (currently on [4/7 in the Netanya Masters](https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/netanya-masters-2019/7/1/1)) is a financial trader in London
  * Scottish GM Dr. Jonathan Rowson is Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts in London
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-30. Score: 12
  
  There are plenty of GMs that do not play professionally, e.g. GM [Luke McShane is a financial trader](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/14/luke-mcshane-shares-third-consecutive-title), GM [Hou Yifan is a Rhodes scholar](https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/yifan-hou). So if your definition of "amateur" is holding down a job while playing occasionally, Wolfgang Unzicker certainly was not the last amateur GM.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: But I think you have fallen into a subtle trap there. They are GMs whose broad intent is to play chess only. Or to put it another way, their life is variable; Hou Yifan may come back after she does her studies.  
  > **username_3**: @athornton I don't see how that's relevant. They're holding down a job while playing, making them amateurs.  
  > **username_4**: Also Georg Meier, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSzG0BGfO8 (1:45).  
  > **username_5**: I think the more important question is, did they _ever_ play professionally?  Do they hold other jobs because chess was never anything more than a serious hobby, or simply because professional chess didn't pay the bills?  
  > **username_3**: If that's what the OP wants to ask, he/she should clarify that in the question.  
  
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