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On an unrelated note, if you buy my 1700 ELO opening courses you will be a Grandmaster in less than 2 years. Only 149.99€ / month
About the opening files, even though there are so many variants, but you often forget them and then those files are just files and are useless.
I know that i will never become a GM
My goal is 2300 fide rating in till 2026. I think it is hard but possible. I have a coach, i play in a chess club, i invest 2-3 hours in chess every day, sometimes more but I know it is not enough to get GM title. I 14, playing chess in a chess club since 6 years, very active since a bit more than one year and i have 1172 DWZ(My performance is 1400-1500). I know i am talented and an ok player. My biggest problem is losing in winning positions( often +4 and more), sometimes against 1800+ elo player. If i play intuitively i play strong sometimes i only have 4/100 pawns lose in game but if i think I often blunder. I do a lot of tactics, i have a 88% win rate with d4 in otb chess, but if i play with black only 56%win rate. I play very aggressive, i know how to attack and how to defend actively. U talked to my coach, good players (some of them IMs and GMs, they told me what i think too. It is too hard for me to get GM title but it is possible to reach 2300 till 20 July 2026 but i will never be a GM.
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Great blog, it tells the important points and you tell the truth
@Avetik_ChessMood great blog ... tl;dr most people loosely attached to chess just have no imagination of what chess mastery means. But for the more engaged ones ... what does it take to at least reach CM and say "hey I'm titled"? I'd be very interested in a likewise analysis for that
@SchachJohnny +1100 DWZ / ELO in four years? No, your current online stagnation suggests you'll be stuck miles before that. Maybe you'll be 2000 DWZ if you quit all other hobbies and if you can pay for coaching services like Chessence
@Cedur216 said in #6:
> coaching
I did not play active. In some years i only played blitz and rapid tournaments. I am playing chess on mobile. I do a lot of missclics and it is hard to play on mobile. I often play only chess them im feeling bad. When i am feeling good i play better. If i lose 5 games in a row or more i am playing worser than before
@SchachJohnny said in #7:
> I did not play active. In some years i only played blitz and rapid tournaments. I am playing chess on mobile. I do a lot of missclics and it is hard to play on mobile. I often play only chess them im feeling bad. When i am feeling good i play better. If i lose 5 games in a row or more i am playing worser than before
My tip is too never start your next game before taking a break after you lose one
@onon2009 said in #8:
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Ok. I am better in otb.
Just on this 50 million play to so many make it. Let's assume 50 million do play chess occasionally. May or may not be hugely bigger but is still irrelevant. What matter is number of people engaged in tournament chess - well not even all of those. If someone plays occasionally against a family member he is chess player but he has no interest of actually being any better. People roughly matching that ambition level make most of that 50/700 million. And there is plenty of tournament goer who have not become one iota stronger since they entered in their first tournament. Either they have some specific problem that is hard to fix or they just enjoy the excitement of tournament and enjoy every occasional win achieved and. could not care less of becoming better player.
Still becoming chess GM is extremely difficult and for most people not worth it. There is very little money on professional chess compared to effort to making it there. I know IM level chess players who have switched to online poker instead as there is way more money to be made with skill level that does not require more that fraction of effort making just about any chess title. Biggest skill obviously is looking people who weaker than you .