Just doing my normal transcribing YouTube chess games to PGN files "with full comments" that are available on my Github page for for.
But, someone asked me yesterday about why I study players? Especially the ones I'm going to play or might play? Easy, I believe EVERY GM does this "at least all the ones that I know and have talked to do" and here's an actual example of one saying it. Hans Niemann vs Andrea Botez in playing her for a date timestamped link just so you don't waste time. Granted he could be fibbing a little but I do have no doubt that he didn't study. Maybe not years "as he said" but he did spend some time analyzing her play. I already know both her, and her sisters play "Alexandrea" along with most other big YouTubers. Again, it helps me memorize my openings and middlegame play by analyzing and transcribing there games to PGN, etc. So great benefit for me. This is why I'm giving my PGN files away for download because I'm making them anyway for my own benefit so sense I have them might as well let others enjoy them who want to. And don't worry about me wasting time. I actually have a full program that is specifically for making PGN files with all the bells and whistles too. So I can make a PGN file as quickly as the game is played, pretty close.
I do hope no one thought I was making these PGN files by hand? But yes, before anyone ask, I have all the games they played in this video in PGN format. With comments
I can't remember anyone in this thread saying anylising GM games won't be helpful.
The question mark is more whether learning 72 openings is too many and spreads you too thin.
Although I feel like studying a 45-second GM game kind of defies the point of studying a GM game; the whole point of time odds is to make the GM player worse.
I set high goals based on a popular quote "Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you'll end up among the stars." - Norman Vincent Peale
Okay, so let me be a bit more specific than bumpa.
Going from absolute beginner to 2500 in six years has never happened in the history of chess.
Take a kid who is absolutely passionate about chess. He is obsessed with the game. He (or she) plays and studies chess all day, every day for 8-10 years. This is how grandmasters become grandmasters.
Setting yourself the goal to become a grandmaster in 6 years is impossible, for various reasons. Shortage of time and starting age and lack of enthusiasm are the main ones.
But setting 6 months isn't just impossible. It's offensive. It shows that you haven't even spent 5 minutes researching the subject. That's just beyond ridiculous. This is why people keep asking if you're a troll. To which the answer is "probably yes".