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MariasWhiteKnight

Feb 14, 2025

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#21

MrCheckmate2025 wrote:

This Youtube channel is a good start

https://youtu.be/MX2CPtagz1g?si=KE67yBi9c9TYz67t

I dont think so, this is an unrated channel.

Lowrated chess players just naturally cant help as well as highrated ones.

MariasWhiteKnight

Feb 14, 2025

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#22

Tempetown wrote:

Jenium wrote:

Emma_Perezeeeee wrote:

can i become a grandmaster?

If you're 6 years old and decide to focus on chess for the next 10-15 years, you have good chances.

no. you dont. and you never will have a 'good' chance. there are more than 600 million active chess platers in the world. less than 2,000 are GMs. Do the math.

I am fairly certain the vast majority of these 600 million active chess players havent actually made a serious attempt at becoming grandmaster.

Chess2408Master

Feb 16, 2025

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#23

I agree with Awesomedude2053

Jenium

Feb 16, 2025

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#24

Tempetown wrote:

Jenium wrote:

Emma_Perezeeeee wrote:

can i become a grandmaster?

If you're 6 years old and decide to focus on chess for the next 10-15 years, you have good chances.

no. you dont. and you never will have a 'good' chance. there are more than 600 million active chess platers in the world. less than 2,000 are GMs. Do the math.

How many of them started at preschool age, devoted their entire childhood and youth to becoming a GM and spent 6-8 hours daily with structured training? Now how many of those who did, managed to become a GM? Very little sample size, but we all know Lazlo Polgar's experiment: 2 out of his 3 daughters became GMs, the third WGM. Do the math.

magipi

Feb 16, 2025

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#25

Jenium wrote:

Tempetown wrote:

Jenium wrote:

Emma_Perezeeeee wrote:

can i become a grandmaster?

If you're 6 years old and decide to focus on chess for the next 10-15 years, you have good chances.

no. you dont. and you never will have a 'good' chance. there are more than 600 million active chess platers in the world. less than 2,000 are GMs. Do the math.

How many of them started at preschool age, devoted their entire childhood and youth to becoming a GM and spent 6-8 hours daily with structured training? Now how many of those who did, managed to become a GM? Very little sample size, but we all know Lazlo Polgar's experiment: 2 out of his 3 daughters became GMs, the third WGM. Do the math.

You are right on the surface, but there is something wrong here: that "focus on chess" is the understatement of the century.

What you should've written instead is "play chess and study chess, with the help of master coaches, all day, every day for 10-15 years".

SacrifycedStoat

Mar 7, 2025

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#26

#18 what faulty logic lol

There are 6 million who play chess.
Maybe 4 million who actually want/try to be GMs

And how many start trying at 6? Not that many

MariasWhiteKnight

Mar 7, 2025

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#27

To become a grandmaster you need to start early and study hard.

Somebody said recently there are more billionaires in the world than there are grandmasters.

GMkareemAR

Mar 7, 2025

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#28

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ChessEnthusiast48

Mar 15, 2025

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#29

Having the skills, determination and dedication to the study of chess is not enough. For most, it is the financial side that makes it difficult for most players. You need to have money to pay for your traveling expenses (hotel and food, etc.). For some, they get sponsorship but for those who do not, they have to pay on their own. And unless you are really a good player who has the potential to succeed, it’s unlikely you’ll get sponsorship.

Sololevelingsirjohn

Mar 15, 2025

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#30

1. Start chess early at around four yrs old. 2. Be in a family with a lot of wealth. 3. Hire a chess coach that is at least nm level from the beginning at 4 to teach. 4. Study chess 8 hrs a day every day, I don't mean playing. 5. Have a gift for chess from a early age basically already have a incredible gift of board vision from a early age. The money issue is a huge issue to ever getting to GM level. Hard work alone won't be enough.

Hams-the-Jesus-follower

Mar 15, 2025

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#31

eat ur green vegetables

MariasWhiteKnight

Mar 17, 2025

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#32

Yeah money is a problem.

The three greats of chess, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen all started between 5 and 7, and had coaches from the very start.

ogitti31

Mar 18, 2025

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#33

First become a grandmaster

ichessuinc

Mar 24, 2025

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#34

Becoming a Grandmaster requires years of dedication, practice, and learning from top-level competition to master every aspect of the game.

magipi

Mar 24, 2025

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#35

ichessuinc wrote:

Becoming a Grandmaster requires years of dedication, practice, and learning from top-level competition to master every aspect of the game.

These AI-degenerated spam "answers" are worse than nothing.

Ria-SeLta_10

Mar 24, 2025

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#36

The only Thing I know is I know nothing...

IvAn_m1995

Mar 24, 2025

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#37

How to become a rating 1700 - 1800?

What literature can you advice?

Pappa_Rodger

Mar 25, 2025

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#38

Sacrifice any chance of having a normal life that you may have and devote all your spare time to chess.

gsmethells

Mar 29, 2025

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#39

Has anyone over the age of 50 ever achieved GM for the first time?

Sololevelingsirjohn

Mar 29, 2025

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#40

Don't think, so.