I realize this, but Taylor is a relatively obscure IM. Would we really call him a professional player?

<Some people have money to burn and might be happy to part with a little of it to help fulfill Taylor's dream. No harm in asking.>

No tangible harm, but I do think it's tacky. You ever have a co-worker try to shake her colleagues down to pay for the princess wedding she feels she was put on this earth to enjoy? Dear Prudence writes about this sort of thing in Slate from time to time.

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Here's a list of famous GMs--what do they have in common? 1. GM Rosendo Carrean Balinas, Philippines
2. GM Julio Becerra Rivero, USA
3. GM Joel Benjamin, USA
4. GM Pal Benko, USA
5. GM Arthur Bisguier, USA
6. GM Peter Biyiasas, USA
7. GM Larry Christiansen, USA
8. GM Arnold Denker, USA
9. GM Maxim Dlugy, USA
10. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, USA
11. GM Glenn Flear, England
12. GM Robert Fontaine, France
13. GM George Grigore, Romania
14. GM Yehuda Gruenfeld, Israel
15. GM Dmitry Gurevich, USA
16. GM Ron Henley, USA
17. GM Alexander Ivanov, USA
18. GM Igor Ivanov, GM
19. GM Melikset Khachiyan, USA
20. GM Sergey Kudrin, USA
21. GM Adam Kuligowski, Poland
22. GM Anatoly Lein, USA
23. GM Susan Polgar, USA
24. GM Miguel Quinteros, Argentina
25. GM Ken Rogoff, USA
26. GM Michael Rohde, USA
27. GM Enrico Sevillano, USA
28. GM Leonid Shamkovich, USA
29. GM Sam Shankland, USA
30. GM Andy Soltis, USA
31. GM Rodrigo Vasquez, Chile
32. GM Patrick Wolff, USA

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