anyone with over 100 IQ can be IM with proper training
Advice on how *NOT* to get nervous?
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That is not true in the slightest.
If you start as an adult for example, even if you made chess your sole mission in life you would become NM max.
Being an IM is like being a premier league footballer.
Well you said anyone could be IM but do you mean any child could be IM then?
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chesssblackbelt wrote:
GMlightining2200 wrote:
GraysonKellogg wrote:
GMlightining2200 wrote:
GraysonKellogg wrote:
GMlightining2200 wrote:
GraysonKellogg wrote:
What I like to think, is this:
You are one game away from 2400 Blitz, but even if you lose it, it's no big deal. You will, given enough time, eventually get BACK to being one game away from 2400 Blitz. And even if you lose that one, the opportunity will arise again, and again, and again. As long as you keep at it, you will reach 2400. Even if it's not today, or tomorrow, or next week, this game is not THE game. If you lose this game, you'll still get that chance back again someday, over and over until you finally win. And all it takes to reach 2400 is to win ONE of those games.
Don't worry. Don't stress. Even if you don't reach 2400 this time, you'll get the chance again. You've got this.
EDIT: I checked your profile page, and wow, you're 15 and 2400?! Congratulations! AND you've only been playing for a year?! You're a prodigy, dude. Also, I apparently posted this too late, you're already at 2400, lol.
Thank you for the advice, Yea im 15 lol. But the playing for a year thing is kind of inaccurate. I actually played for like 4 months in covid and got to a 1000(and I also wasn't playing consistently) and then quit because I was satisfied. Until one of my friends reintroduced me to the game in December of 2024. So technically a year and 4 months, but I have been only taking it seriously for only a year or even less.
Still, you’re a prodigy. Getting to 1000 in 4 months, and 2400 in 16 months, is basically unheard of.
Idk it kinda is. Magnus at my age was already GM, so I don't think I have a chance of becoming a top player. I can get gm if I try really hard though for sure.
Kinda? KINDA?! Dude, you are not “kinda” a prodigy. You ARE a prodigy. Do you learn everything this fast?
Not to be narcissistic but yea I would say I have very good learning skills. It's important to distinct between online and otb tho. OTB is much harder and my rating is probably 2000 FIDE or even lower but definitely not 2400
I think if you started playing OTB you would become titled eventually though. I've been playing for 3 years and you've surpassed my blitz rating lol
Ur bullet better watch out lol
5 days ago
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analist76bis wrote:
NO. I said need IQ over 100... but start as child
Anybody who starts as a child can become gm with proper training lol. Whats ur point this is common sense.
5 days ago
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#89
dont put words in my mouse!.. I said IM! not GM
for GM you need tallent to chess
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#90
If you take a child with 60 IQ you cannot make him GM even you put steroids training in him
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analist76bis wrote:
dont put words in my mouse!.. I said IM! not GM
for GM you need tallent to chess
Not really. A child playing from age 3 is almost agrrunteed to get there, if they get all the coaching they need and focus on the game.
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analist76bis wrote:
If you take a child with 60 IQ you cannot make him GM even you put steroids training in him
IQ doesn't mean much in chess. Pattern recognition, is most important along as calculation skills
5 days ago
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#94
I think the polgar sisters are great real life examples of this thought experiment, But they only did chess and nothing else. If you want a career other then chess, maybe being GM isn't the best goal.
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analist76bis wrote:
how do you calculate without IQ?
He means you don't need a high IQ because there are other types of intelligence
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#96
analist76bis wrote:
how do you calculate without IQ?
IQ means alot of things. There is social intelligence, academic intelligence, overall pattern recognition and much more, so it's not a metric that can be used to predict ones highest in chess
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#98
social inteligence is best not to have for chess
IQ for abstract things it the one you need
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GMlightining2200 wrote:
I am one game away from 2400 blitz and Im so nervous its actually insane. My heart rate has to be higher than 200🙏 . Any idea how I can focus on the game and forget the stakes?
GM Mikhail Tal used to say that he would get really nervous for playing chess, but he immediately got over it once he realized that everyone was just as nervous as him.
The funny thing is I think they might be more nervous still because they are facing against Tal 
I found that funny, but there's a lot of truth to most players being nervous and the ones who are calm are still nervous in small ways. It gets better with experience. If you are nervous of 2400 level opponents, then you might just need a bit more practice facing this level of competition and essentially beginning to feel okay with it.
I tend to notice that when I no longer "fear" a particular level opponent, then I'm actually at that level. For example, a 900 rated player slightly fearing a 1000 rated player... it means that the 900 player may not be 1000 ability yet (even if they've been over 1000 before, but dropped back down). It may also mean the 900 might actually be 1000 ability if not for their lack of playing experience against 1000-level players. In either case, the solution is to play more and gradually overcome feeling too nervous.
I think I'm a good comparison because we're the same age and similar rated
My aim is titled in the next 3 years, I don't think it's too unrealistic