How many hours to become a master in chess?
via: chess.com
"12,480 hours is the final estimate on the number of hours it takes to reach the grandmaster title for players who start under age 10. This is a huge time commitment, but the assumptions seem fairly reasonable based on all of the data I've looked at for chess improvement."
How many hours does it take you to be pro in chess?
More than your brain can operate for.
Very few people have the ability much less the time to become a chess professional. Many have studied chess for years never even reaching Class A in over the board tournaments.
If it were as simple as hours = improvement, then everyone would be an expert at everything they enjoy... but in reality nearly no one is an expert, even at things they enjoy.
Even Bobby Fischer with all his natural talent may have never been world champion if he had not received financial help. There is no way he could have participated in international tournaments against the world's strongest players on his own because it took a lot of money back then to travel around the world. Here he is on "I've Got a Secret" at 15 years old being given the money to go to Europe.
How many hours does it take you to be pro in chess?