Path to Excellence

well, IM norms are totally different though mawita, CM is "just" 2200+, and considering that 1.5yrs for bout 700 elo is tough, ill JUST DO IT

Well, good luck is all I have to say

He's not really reading, because if he did read all that in less in a minute, it would almost be superhuman. What he might have done instead was skim over the text, reading all the important points in less than a minute, and by skimming over the text, u could tell it was very well written

I doubled my rating from 800 to 1600 in the span of a year (i was underated, and I was from 800 at 9 and 1600 at 10). Then, I stayed at that level for a while, but at age 11, I had a really bad tournament. I went down to 1500 after that, and then I came back at 12 after a year long break, and still had a few bad tournaments. The year after that, I started to win these small prize money tournamets in Northern Colorado (second place mostly, there was this 1800 demolishing everyone), when I couldn't before. Then, at 14, (now) I recently played in a huge two day tournament I was 1532 at the time) and won 4 and lost one against a 1599 in the U1600 section. I got 385 dollars, and then shortly, I played in the Laramie Open Section, beating an 1800, 1700, and a 1580, getting 1st place. (I lost to a candidates master and a 2000). I'm on my way to a huge 2 day tournament again, but playing in the U2000 section, and my current rating at age 14 is 1683. (My only ratings are casual/normal USCF rating, no quick since I haven't played in blitz/bullet tournaments)

My goal for the end of the year is at least reach 2000 USCF, 2100 by the end of 2026, and become a NM by the end of 2027.