HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO REACH 1500 ELO?

I started playing Chess in April 2023 and my rating was 531 after 1 month lol. After that, I study a lot and play/watch chess 12-15 hours a day for the next whole month. Currently, my rating is 850. I just gained around 320+ points in the last 3 weeks.

I actually started Chess because I want to get admission to University, but unfortunately, my marks were not up to the merit and I do not have any other sports through which I could get admission through Sports Quota.

I decided to practice Chess and currently, I am pretty confident that I can do this. My Chess Competition for university is in September so I have 3 months time for my preparation. I have to win 5 consecutive games to win my seat at the university.

What do you guys think should be my target for the next 3 months? Currently, I have set that to 1500 but I've heard it took years to reach 1500. 

Each reply means a lot to me

Do not just watch videos and play games, but study openings, traps, middle game positions, analyse your games.

In the second part play a tournament every 15 days, play and analyse the mistakes from both the sides.

It depends on how much you practice, study and learn. Do you know how long it takes most people to reach 1500 chess rating? Never. Sadly, most people will never reach 1500. The global average rating is roughly 600 (even though it varies a few hundred points based on rating pool and rating system used) and rating is tougher to gain the higher you get due to the nature of the rating system and opponents playing tougher to give you a smaller margin of error. The good news for you is that 1500 is still reachable; it is just that most people don't have the time and dedication to make it to this level.

Typically most people consider "beginner" concepts (like chess opening principles: https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again ) and basic theoretical endgames (such as King + Queen vs King checkmate or King + Rook vs King checkmate) enough to help the player reach 1000 rating with months of practice. Usually a player is considered more intermediate level once they enter around 1200-1400 rating.

Like I said, most players never reach 1500, but if you are determined enough, it may happen with a few years. Reaching this rating faster is not unheard of, but it is rare. I reached 1500 rating after roughly one year of creating my chess.com account, but I also worked much more than most people, on my chess. I'd easily spend 8+ hours a day with chess and somedays I might even have 12 hour chess sessions. Sounds like a lot? It is. I actually play much less now as I've become a bit more mature, but there is no denying that playing a ton and analyzing every game of mine, that I could, was a huge key to my success.

To be fair, I reached 1500+ rating pretty much entirely on my own and I found a local (otb) chess club only after I had crossed 1500 rating. Perhaps if you have help (or better yet a coach if you can afford it), reaching this rating quickly is more likely, but that is still a lot of time I invested and there is no substitute for experience.

I've been on chess.com roughly 6 years now and I've learned a ton on this journey, but it all began with taking the first step and continuing one small step at a time

Good for you but it is better to practice with yourself and someone who stronger than you learn traps openings Enfgames and also do puzzles..

For me it took about 6 month gl in ur chess journey

It depends on many factors. Some go there within a few months, some others don't make it in years, mainly because they want the fun but not the work.

You can make it in a few months...

But u gotta learn a solid opening"know everything about it...so if your opponent played anything against you... you can play comfortably"

For me...I play b3"white"...c6"black"...but u gotta know every line....

Maybe watch some tutorials on YouTube...

To get better at middle game...do puzzles...and watch hikaru/naroditsky playing"or any top player"....this will make u used to pawns structures...and it really helped me...

For endgame...solve endgames puzzles...

And that's it....

GOOD LUCK with your chess journey...and if u need any help...u can message me...

How much you got bubba?

How did it go?

I've been playing for eight years and can't reach 1000. Some people just can't. Ignore the BS people try to sell you, I've dropped hundreds of dollars on courses and coaches, nothing helps. It's just impossible for some people to get better. I think I'd win zero games if it weren't for sandbaggers.
You improved a bunch though, so maybe there's hope. IDK. I still think 95% of what people will sell you is utter crap.

If you've been playing for a long time without seeing progress, then perhaps there is something other than yourself which holds you back. Maybe you have to try something different; courses and coaches provide information, but that doesn't necessarily translate into understanding. As the chess player, you have to learn how to absorb the information which works for you and this typically requires conscious effort and doing the "right things." It is also worth mentioning that not all courses and coaches are equal. Some of them are really quality and some of them are just made up of things the player wants to hear, but not necessarily what will help them.

Years without seeing significant progress can be discouraging. Think about this honestly @LiterallyPanda "Do you still want to improve at chess?"

Improvement takes a lot of effort and time and also trust to the process, so if you are hesitant, then maybe you don't have to keep playing chess. If you would still like to improve though, I wouldn't mind giving you some free advice; maybe we could play an unrated game or two and we could discuss what possible areas you could improve in.

HUH you can easily reach 1000 by reading a couple of articles and JUST PLAYING AND ANALYZING. its that simple. When i used to play all i did was watch a few videos for fun, do puzzles trying to solve the WHOLE line, lichess has free ones btw, and play and analyze. That got me to a peak of 1583 then i quit.

Also it took me a year to get to 1500, 6 months to 1400, took a break of 6 months and won like 6 in a row.

 Nope. Got puzzles 2200+ on lichess, did 50 hours of ChessMood tactics and opening courses, watched IDK how many youtube videos. Can't get 1000.

If or not you're actually selling something, you sound like a salesman, and I've heard this sales pitch before and bought it, to no benefit whatsoever. (Also f right off with the suggestion that I should quit if I can't raise my rating.) Would play a couple games if you are serious but know upfront the likelihood of me eventually paying you anything is approximately 0.0%, wasted enough money on this sort of thing already.

for me it took me about 2 years, but im pretty rubbish at the game and i also had other things to focus on. i also just did it in reverse, going from almost 1700 to 1550 in about 1.5 months. so going off my second answer, only a couple of months!

I recommend playing slow time controls rather than blitz or rapid. Give yourself time to think so you can apply what you have learned.

Find an OTB club where you can discuss games. Pay attention to how stronger players think during a game.

Read the classic instruction books: Reinfeld, Chernev, Fine, Horowitz. They explain general principles and how masters form plans and select moves based on these principles.

Find books that explain how a master thinks during a game. There are many game collections and tournament books that emphasize chess thinking rather than simply providing long sequences of moves.

Analyze your games. I don’t mean just having the computer show you your mistakes. Figure out why one plan is better than another. Be able to explain to a friend your plans and why you pursued them.

All of these suggestions are designed to help you to think during a game. It takes work. I don’t think that just solving puzzles or watching a video will do this.

Hey I myself am not 1500 elo but I know 12-15 hours of just chess wont make it. Think about it as brute force. If you just do that eventually you'll end up going into burnout or as others call it "tilt". Limit your game to around 5 a day. Also try following the 20-40-40 rule. It pretty much just tell you to spend 20% of your time on the opening and 40% on the endgame and middlegame each. There is a whole lot more to say but tbh I'm kinda too lazy to write it all down.