Is Chess a Viable Career? Don't Romanticise the Prize Money: Rout

An honest answer to the one question that no one truly tackles in the Indian chess world. Finally, Padmini Rout says it as clear as possible. Here's a must-watch video based on her points of 

- Trajectory beyond rating

- Foundation for finances beyond desperation 

- Hard Work and genuine love for chess beyond the glory

- Can chess ever be wasted

Caption: (R) Asian Women's Champion International Master Padmini Rout's screen grab from Youtube video.  

 

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Carlsen with Gershenberg Video

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen video first published on November 21, 2012: Twenty-one-year-old Magnus Carlsen is travelling across America to inspire students to play the game and develop the skills necessary to make them successful in the science, math, and technology fields. He stopped in Silicon Valley to chat with SVB Managing Partner Aaron Gershenberg, about what the game has taught him.

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