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Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster by axus on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:00PM (#27961070)
It sounds a lot like playing professional sports, but without "Chess scholarships" in college.
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Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster by slyall on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:50PM (#27965925)
There are inter-college Chess competition. A few US Universities are serious about it and they do have people getting scholarships to play on the chess team.

Source: Local (non-US) player got one of these.

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