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I'm 15 years old and I recently started playing chess. I am amazed by how awesome chess is and I want to learn how to play. I am doing puzzles/lessons/drills and playing games but my game doesn't improve a lot. If let's say I go to chess clubs in my area and play more chess games, is it possible to reach a fide rating of 1700-1800? 

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U need to be dedicated towards learning and playing chess.. Studying is important(ofc)..

Implementation of the things you studied ( ex- openings, some midgame tactics,etc) is the key to improve and gain rating.. Play as much games as u can and analyse after each and every loss..

Puzzles will improve your tactical knowledge for sure and also increase your speed of thinking..

Its never too late and early!!

Good luck pal! happy.png

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Uninterrupted_Chess wrote:

U need to be dedicated towards learning and playing chess.. Studying is important(ofc)..

Implementation of the things you studied ( ex- openings, some midgame tactics,etc) is the key to improve and gain rating.. Play as much games as u can and analyse after each and every loss..

Puzzles will improve your tactical knowledge for sure and also increase your speed of thinking..

Its never too late and early!!

Good luck pal!

Thanks dude. I think chess is the one game that I'm interested at this point. I stopped watching Netflix and playing other video games because I like chess more haha

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CloudGatherer wrote:
Uninterrupted_Chess wrote:

U need to be dedicated towards learning and playing chess.. Studying is important(ofc)..

Implementation of the things you studied ( ex- openings, some midgame tactics,etc) is the key to improve and gain rating.. Play as much games as u can and analyse after each and every loss..

Puzzles will improve your tactical knowledge for sure and also increase your speed of thinking..

Its never too late and early!!

Good luck pal!

Thanks dude. I think chess is the one game that I'm interested at this point. I stopped watching Netflix and playing other video games because I like chess more haha

Lol, you wont regret it wink.png

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Yes, it is.

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It is not too late for chess. But I also recommend analysing the game

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katerinah337 wrote:

It is not too late for chess. But I also recommend analysing the game

yes I'm analyzing most of my games. But school gets most of my time 

 

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Uživatel CloudGatherer napsal:
katerinah337 wrote:

It is not too late for chess. But I also recommend analysing the game

yes I'm analyzing most of my games. But school gets most of my time 

 

I understand. I am also in the school. But I always find time to play 1-3 games in the morning and then I look at them and after it I have lessons and studies. But even 30 minutes a day will be great, you just need to do the training in the right way.Thats the key. Always quality over quantity

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It is possible to get there, but you need to seek out strong opponents, and you need to be prepared to study.  Learn the notation, and then start reading some chess books in your spare time.  @katerinah337 is correct that even just 30 minutes a day is enough to make quick progress if it is properly focused.  I would avoid blitz and bullet completely until you feel you've mastered the basic tactics and at least the classical positional concepts.

Chess also helps your visual memory, so as you get better at chess, your schoolwork should also begin to take less time.  I've known players who learned later that you who reached the 1700 level in a matter of months.  Of course, they had Experts at their local club to teach them, but the point is if you learn things correctly right away, getting to that level isn't as difficult as you might expect.

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Not it’s not, I started around then also, I was stuck at 800 for a while but then I hit some sort of a breakthrough and shot to 1500, I’m currently 17 and although I’m not great I’m happy with my rating and slowly climbing. Just make sure you put your school first. And focus on chess maybe 30 mins to an hour a day more then that you actually do worse.

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CloudGatherer wrote:

I'm 15 years old and I recently started playing chess. I am amazed by how awesome chess is and I want to learn how to play. I am doing puzzles/lessons/drills and playing games but my game doesn't improve a lot. If let's say I go to chess clubs in my area and play more chess games, is it possible to reach a fide rating of 1700-1800? 

People have passed far higher ratings that that from ages much older than yours. It's definitely not too late to get good enough at chess to pull this off. Like anything of that difficulty it will take a lot of practice and you'll have periods where you'll get stuck and feel it is impossible to improve, but if you keep at it you will likely get there. 

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Dsmith42 wrote:

It is possible to get there, but you need to seek out strong opponents, and you need to be prepared to study.  Learn the notation, and then start reading some chess books in your spare time.  @katerinah337 is correct that even just 30 minutes a day is enough to make quick progress if it is properly focused.  I would avoid blitz and bullet completely until you feel you've mastered the basic tactics and at least the classical positional concepts.

Chess also helps your visual memory, so as you get better at chess, your schoolwork should also begin to take less time.  I've known players who learned later that you who reached the 1700 level in a matter of months.  Of course, they had Experts at their local club to teach them, but the point is if you learn things correctly right away, getting to that level isn't as difficult as you might expect.

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Uživatel Dsmith42 napsal:

It is possible to get there, but you need to seek out strong opponents, and you need to be prepared to study.  Learn the notation, and then start reading some chess books in your spare time.  @katerinah337 is correct that even just 30 minutes a day is enough to make quick progress if it is properly focused.  I would avoid blitz and bullet completely until you feel you've mastered the basic tactics and at least the classical positional concepts.

Chess also helps your visual memory, so as you get better at chess, your schoolwork should also begin to take less time.  I've known players who learned later that you who reached the 1700 level in a matter of months.  Of course, they had Experts at their local club to teach them, but the point is if you learn things correctly right away, getting to that level isn't as difficult as you might expect.

Perfectly written! The biggest problem for me was that I trained a lot as a beginner but I did not trained well. Now I play 2 longer games and watching lessons some days doing Tactics and I am also analysin games and probably doing it right (or at least for my level) because my rating is now going up. I am winning more games, I feel fresh as I am not wasting my time as I did and I feel very good because I see results and it just take like 30 minutes totally a day because I and my opponents do not use whole 30 minutes in games. 

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Of course it is not too late. Here are some tips for you to become a bit stronger:

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

Good luck on your chess improvement.

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No, it isn't. I know this from personal experience.