Adult Improvement is difficult

Let's be kind to each other. This is a useful and interesting thread without the bad-mouthing.

I hope I will get a title one day.

It is just a bit annoying how a guy who's never played OTB is lecturing a titled player about chess improvement and acting like getting a title is easy

I would say the 80 OTB games I've done have been more helpful to my improvement than my 40k or so online games lol

https://www.chess.com/blog/ElijahLogozarStudent/my-chess-book-reviews-part-1-pre-hiatus

https://www.chess.com/blog/ElijahLogozarStudent/my-book-reviews-part-2-blindfold-reading

You absolutely do not. Akiba Rubinstein did not know how the pieces moved until he was 14 years old-hardly a little kid. I could dig up more examples if you want.

Also, the existence of "talent" has never been proven. Show me someone "talented", and I'll show you someone who trained intensely for long hours.

"You're wrong because you're younger than me"

I did say there were some exceptions. Not really any exceptions today though

How do you know that?

As I said above, it has never been proven and most likely never will be.

There's people who train harder but are worse

Can I have an example of that?

Also, not all training is created equal. All chess players have different strengths and weaknesses and there are a ton of different training methods you can do for each aspect of the game.

And even if it were like you said, that's not exactly scientific proof.

@LunarLightning has 0 OTB experience, 0 chess books read and just spammed around 12,000 bullet and blitz games to improve to 2600 bullet and 2450 blitz

https://lichess.org/@/german11 has over 700,000 games played and is stuck at 1100. He's clearly put more effort into chess than lightning but is way worse

went 0 to 2000 OTB with the chess boom, 30yo-32. Chess ageism is complete crap, it's literally founded on indian kids that don't go to school LOL

For those that don’t understand, it’s because he is far too stinky

The better we get at anything the slower improvements come. Patience is virtuous

I won't accuse you of trolling here but ...

80 hours of week of ANYTHING will all but guarantee burnout.

I'm literally terrible at chess, if your 35 and as good as your rating says, and have the money to do it or don't need the money that could be earned in lou of the time used then why not go for it? If its a gamble to become wealthy though, its likely a very bad gamble. Like others say if you truly love it and you have the means then yes, but if you have many other responsibilities it favors failure.

Even work