i wanna be a professional player . please help me

By the way, I am 24 years old.

I would love to become a pro chess player also. I suggest trying to practice everyday on here like I do and learn stuff like I am doing now. 

How come you're rated so low on here?

One way to improve is to have a higher rated player look at your games and show you where you make mistakes.  Then you learn by eliminating mistakes. You could easily bring your rating to 2200 this way.

Regarding poker. Many chess players in that game. I used to play myself and did well but now not as well so I stopped. I once was in a game with a world series winner Mr. ------. There were 12 players including myself.

He was the first to lose his money and leave the table.   

Well I guess the consesus is that becoming a chess pro is difficult...and staying as one, maybe even moreso. But, anyone who wants to give it a go, should I guess...All the Best.

This post may be harsh, but you had better read this to understand the difficulties you face.

The chess world has managed to produce only one Fischer, one Kasparov and one Karpov. All three players have reached master level by the time they were teenagers. Karpov became a CM when he was only 11, Fischer produced the "Game of the Century" when he was 13, while Kasparov won the World Junior Chess Championship when he was 17.

To make out a comfortable living out of chess you have to have enormous chess talent - only then you can rise above your peers and have any hope of winning the top prizes in strong tournaments.

So here is my advice to you: focus on your education now and pursue other interests while studying chess. If you commit yourself fully to chess now, you may face serious disappointment later on in life if you do not achieve your goals in chess. Study hard, get a university degree and find a stable job. Besides, your education does not have to get in the way of your chess - the legendary Mikhail Botvinnik was an electrical engineer and still managed to climb all the way to the top of the chess world. Just don't commit to chess full-time and neglect everything else. Remember: your studies should be your top priority now.

You're 12 months too late.

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In this post i sayd that 1700 rating is good and is for professionals . but now my rating on bullet is about 1650 !! my rating raised up good , but i yhink im not a pro player yet

Honestly, this is almost impossible to achieve unless you're ready to devote a lot of time to your chess. If you want to give it a try, get an IM-level coach and work with him for ~18 months. If you can't make significant progress in this time frame, I think it's better to drop it.

Alternatively, you could also just enjoy playing in a club from time to time : your level is high enough for you to enjoy the game and create beautiful things on the board

I wonder what advise young Fischer would have had from this community. He lived in other times, but chances are that some of these youngster have real talent. I really would have liked to be here with a fischer of 10 years old asking this same question to a community that he expected some help of.

Fischer wouldn't have asked the question...

Tash,

Chessplayers are rarely paid well. Why on earth would you want to learn something you likely won't make much cash at? Please explain?

In MOST things, people do it because they love it. They would do it if they got paid nothing. Is that you? Would you work at chess 8 hours a day for no pay and be happy?

People don't just "decide" to become a pro chess player. People don't just decide to be a pro poker player either. It has to be easy and fun for you.

Does this sound like your situation?

If so, find a GM who will teach you. Go to a near by university and play all the tournaments there and have fun, decide later.

Chess is a lot of work! Never forget that!

Thanks

Mulesmurf

hicetnunc wrote:

bronsteinitz wrote:

I wonder what advise young Fischer would have had from this community. He lived in other times, but chances are that some of these youngster have real talent. I really would have liked to be here with a fischer of 10 years old asking this same question to a community that he expected some help of.

Fischer wouldn't have asked the question...

Bronsteinitz :

He knew what he wanted and was kind of fiery. I would see Fischer playing on the web and asking questions. He probably would have been quite a difficult youngster on the site i estimate. Just think it is an interesting thought experiment. Not more than that :-)

The first point that I would have to make is that let's put professional players to onde side for the moment.

There are some very, very good "amateurs" [and I don't use that in any derogatary way] on this and other sites. I don't think that I will be as good as any of them. Let alone people who are in chess for a living.

Robert_K_Forney wrote:Yes - too many people with no belief passing it on. You could do it! If you love it, try! If you still have the dream then strive for it harder. You don't need to be Pele to be a pro footballer, or federer to play tennis etc and still spend your life making money doing what you love. GO FOR IT AND BELEIVE!

I'd like to point out that the best advice came from a twelve year old. Anyone with experience who would like to share constructive criticism? =P

Chess is similar to sport.

Must set achievement-targets at young-age or will be unlikely to progress & make sucesss of being chess-professional.

What is worse many of these types set themselves up as ''chess-coaches'', passing on poor-understanding & charging gullible-people for that.

This site should set more stringent-rules (FIDE-title minimum) on those operating in this sphere of chess.