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I’m no prodigy, but I have always been known to be a very fast learner, and am typically not far from being the smartest person in any given room. Not to sound cocky, but this makes me almost unsurprised that I had a much easier time reaching 1500 Elo than the vast majority of people. I watch a lot of videos, and study a lot of openings/fundamentals/patterns/endgames, usually for at least a few hours a day; the majority of the free time i have is usually spent on YouTube watching these things.
So I pose my question again: Is 1500 to 2000 Elo in one year realistic for me? If not, what about 1900? 1800?
Hopefully there’s people out there that had a similar beginning to me that can offer their input of how the next year of their chess career went.