In my city at least chess is not an upper-class thing. Most of the dedicated chess players (I'm talking international masters) make a modest living teaching th

In my city at least chess is not an upper-class thing. Most of the dedicated chess players (I'm talking international masters) make a modest living teaching the game. Very easy to be a grandmasters in chess and be relatively low income, if you don't publish books or find some other source of revenue.