That depends on your definition of good money. I've heard Ben Finegold say that 30 years ago only about top-30 could make anything resembling a decent living i

That depends on your definition of good money. I've heard Ben Finegold say that 30 years ago only about top-30 could make anything resembling a decent living in a developed nation, while nowadays, even adjusted for inflation, the prize pools are much bigger and one of the biggest chess channels on YouTube is a player who's not even a GM.