Oh i thought if he meant that when he would reach as good as 2500 elo I mean I am advance level but I resign a lot too so I lose a lot of rating
Am I too old to reach 2500 ELO?
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That’s quite ambitious and unlikely for most people, but it’s theoretically possible. I’d suggest smaller short term goals.
Ok yeah that is true
It is so hard
USAHikaru wrote:
No, you are not too old, but if you are busy with your work, you may not have the time for it, but you will have plenty of time once you retire, and its never too late to work hard and reach it, you just have to spent years on it and work hard to reach 2500. Im pretty sure you can reach 2000 in a year, which I did previously.
Was there any particular reason for you to dig up this long dead topic? All this was discussed 18 months ago.
Aug 11, 2025
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You can hit any Elo type rating on here 2500 or 3500 but whatever you achieve it doesn't count towards any genuine title, for that you need to perform in FIDE Rated over the board events, I never have been over concerned with online ratings aa they are only a basic guide to ones abillity!?
Aug 11, 2025
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AbhijitMusale wrote:
I am a 40 years old working mechanical engineer. I have known chess basics since i was 10 years old but have never played chess seriously. But because of development of social media in past decade, I have come to know that large community of chess players exist online and now I am inspired to pursue chess again. I joined chess.com couple of months back and by now I have 750 rating in rapid chess. 10 minute game is very difficult for me so I usually play with time more than 15 minutes. sometimes 20 or 30 minutes too... my question is... am I too old to ever reach 2500 rating?... how long does it take for someone like me to reach at that level if I practice regularly?
at 40 having wasted the last 30 years, that works out to be 82 years to get to 2500 from where you are.
Aug 11, 2025
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if you factor in rating inflation, you could shorten it to 22 years.
magipi wrote:
Even the most promising child prodigies need at least 5 years (of seriously studying chess and playing tournaments) to reach 2000 Elo. Doing it in 1 year is completely impossible.
For Pete's sake he's a 600-800 elo rated player.... someone ? anyone? want to break the harsh reality that at best he only going to be a club player... BUT considering 90% of Chess players playing organized chess are ONLY Club players THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT...
ENJOY THE GAME AND NEVERMIND YOUR ELO!
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