If you study hard and play a lot, I don't see why not. 
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I agree with Daniel3. Keep trying and you might even become a grandmaster!
practice makes perfect. and wicksta im sure u can of all people.
Study hard?? No way man, you need to study smart! And to answer your question wicksta, I think it's extremely odvious that yes, it is very possible to reach that strengh. Geesh, and he says he has an IQ of 159.
I must say I am happy to get draw vs future GM.
159 IQ??? I just looked it up, the odds of having that IQ (depending on what scale you use) is 23,863 to 1 or to 8,829 to 1. There is nobody that smart in the town I live in!
Unfortunately, if you got that IQ score from an online test you are just gullible 
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CM is a reasonable goal. Lots of work would be the key though, not a high IQ. Maybe a good coach along the way.
Well according to some that IQ would indicate that you're a borderline genius, so I don't see why not. 
Perhaps. Get a good coach, don't get stuck on studying openings, don't use an engine for analysis but do your own thinking, et cetera.
I was 15 when I started, my first OTB rating was 1462. It slowly climbed to 1950-ish until I was about 28, now I'm 34 and it's still stuck there. The above are what I blame that on - I like looking at openings too much, am too lazy to do real analysis, and I only have a coach since this year.
Real work is the key, yes. Trying to get to the bottom of a position by means of concrete analysis. Unfortunately it's not a matter of buying a lot of books :-(
Don't believe those online tests, I routinely score over 165 on them and that's not really feasible.
It seems like the going rate for coaching is anywhere from $15-20/hr and up. There are a decent number of people who do such things online, but seeing as how I also live in cincy you're just as likely to get a strange look mentioning chess around here as a real reply.
There are a lot of routes you can go for improvement, and tactics trainer is certainly one of them, but I think a good coach with experience is going to produce the fastest results.
Hi guys,
to Wicksta85, I think you are setting your goals too low. You can easily reach 1500/2000. You should aim higher.
Instead of setting an actual number as a goal, make your goal to improve as many aspects of your game as you can, as fast as you can. People typically improve less quickly the better they get, and then plateau at some point. With your enthusiasm, you should be able to improve quickly at least for the next 2 years.
Remember that the rating is just an inaccurate measurement of your current strength. Focus on your playing strength, not your rating.
For me, You are good...
I don't learn and I don't study chess, I play it just to have fun....
RainbowRising wrote:
IQ means nothing. Do a specific IQ test in maths, that will be much more relevant.
Instead of maths you might try the internets.
I would spend time on any or all of these items. It helps if you start with what is interesting to you.
- Openings
- Attacks against the king, including pawn storms, sacrificial attacks, non sacrificial attacks, and some common themes (Bxh7+ style attacks, the "double bishop sacrifice", Be3-Qd2-Bh6, g4/h4/h5 type attacks).
- Tactics (Tactics trainer is good. My advice is to try to figure out the entire tree of variations before making a move. Resist the urge to just make a move "because it is probably the right one and I want to get a high score". Don't worry about your rating in tactics trainer at all. If you follow my advice, your abilities will go up and the rating will follow.)
- Middlegame strategy and planning. I would acquire a book on a strategic player's games (e.g. Capablanca), which is annotated.
- Basic endgames
- Endgames
Newbie1995 wrote:
wicksta85 wrote:
I wasn't meaning this to be an IQ discussion, I wasn't trying to brag or anything :(
And Ozzie, for playing strength, do you think there is a certain phase or part of a game a player like me should be working on?
Thanks again everyone,
Wicksta85
I actually think you were trying to brag about your I.Q....otherwise what is the point of mentioning it. Everyone has an ego so don't be self-decieved about your motives.
To your rating and the ability to become a master?
Yes I have no doubt that if you've only been playing for less than a year and have already reached 1800 level online you have a good shot.
However, looking over you live games vs. your online games I see a huuuuge change in level of play.
Your online chess seems almost like a different level of player all together.
Are you accussing him of something.
No he's not accusing him of anything.
He's opening up the discussion of why, in the original author's opinion, might he have a different strength in turn-based compared with online.
I would think that the discussion would start with the time controls he plays live chess at, along with how much time and effort he puts into each turn-based game.
Stop trying to create a fight! :-)
Yes, it's possible. Try to get a coach and play more OTB.
Good luck kiddo!
I suspect the real satisfaction will now be from breaking 2000 but from staying above 2000 no matter what & knowing you can't get knocked below it. At least that's what I imagine (top rating : 2091, current 1905 ).
Also, my IQ is only 130something. 
(haha, sorry couldn't resist beating the IQ horse)
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