How long does it take to get to each benchmark, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2200?
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ostrichyyy
Jan 11, 2025
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#141
Khanh lam Chu
Smallville_23 wrote:
Claude_Estel wrote:
I think if you practice enough, you could likely reach 2000 rating on chess.com in about 2 years. I started my account on January 1st and I am almost 1000. You just have to practice tactics, review games, and play enough games too. You also just have to be willing to change your training plan as you reach higher elo. What worked for you to get to 500 elo will probably not work to get to 1500 elo. Most importantly, do not play like 20-something games in a day, because that is the easiest way to lose a bunch of rating or just lose interest in the game. Remember it is about enjoying chess, too.
You have no idea what you are talking about. I would be surprised if you reached 2000 chess.com in 24 months. Even if you do, it is not a linear progression and reaching it in 2 years does not mean in another 2 years you will reach 3000. Especially around the 2200 range you start facing serious players in the blitz pool on here—titled players etc. So without a lot of work you will likely just plateau before you even go beyond 2000.
I never said it was linear. What I said was that you need to change your methods of practice when you reach new rating levels. I literally said that reaching 2000 elo requires lots of practice. Maybe actually read what I wrote before just spewing nonsense and accusing me of things I didn't say. Depending on how much time you spend per day ( with some talent involved) and how you use that time, it could take you as short as 2 years to reach 2000, or it might take you 5 years.
I have been playing for 6 months now and 2000 I’m 13yo and pick up concepts really fast
May 18, 2025
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#144
I know real example when person went to 2000 Rapid in two years. However, she was really dedicated to chess (despite of other life activities).
I have tracked the OTB rating development of strong players in my city.
one player who reached the IM level was Class A (1800-1999) in one year, Expert (2000-2199) in two years, and Master (2200+) in three years.
Several players who reached 2300+ reached Class A in one to two years, Expert in three to four years, and Master in four to seven years.
Players who reached the low Master or Expert levels showed similar growth trajectories, but they plateaued earlier and made slower progress thereafter.
Maybe like 2-3 years if 1500, and 5-6 years probably for 2k
17 days ago
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#149
I quit chess for about 1 or 2 years and just got back into it late this year. When I quit, I was rated around 1670, when I came back, I was losing games at the 1300 level. Now a few weeks after that I got to 1700, and I'm hoping to hit 1800 by the end of this year, 1900 by spring next year then 2000 by summer of next year. 2000 is my ultimate goal, if I don't improve much from there I don't mind.
16 days ago
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#151
these days things move FAST esp with talented kids. Very young players with 2000 ratings are a dime a dozen now. (when i was a young and talented scholastic player in the early 2000's in the states, getting to 1800 in middle school made you one of the cool kids, now, i see 2000 5th graders and even played a 2100 3rd grader!) There is a lot more information than before and easily assessed. Everyone has access to powerful databases for free, resources like chesstempo are super cheap, and top notch repertoires and lessons available on chessable and modern-chess like ordering food from grubhub.
sometimes i wonder what would happen if you would get an old fossil like me and train them the same way these 10 year old experts get trained to end up IM and GM in a few years.
