blueemu wrote:
WongEthanLY wrote:
Sorry but ummm I think you started a war in the comments 😅😅
Lol
am i too old to play ?
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Jun 5, 2024
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#66
I been playing since 1952 . . .
I been teaching since.1969 . . .
I've 15 club chess sets left since I been giving them away . . .
I just filed my cremation insurance form to pay ahead . . .
I was borne December 14 , 1937. . .
I am now 86 years old. I'm still playing and learning . . .
I plan to live to 102 . . .
Wow . . . If I was 65 AGAIN . . .
Jun 5, 2024
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#68
Capablanca was already beating his elders while still very young.
He defeated the champion of Cuba (Capablanca's home country) in a match, at age 12.
Jun 5, 2024
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#69
WongEthanLY wrote:
Fun4567 wrote:
Am I to young I'm 11
and I was playing since 9
i was playing since 6 i mean on a board against my brother but every night we would play
Jun 5, 2024
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#70
StockedFishy_29 wrote:
I've been playing since 4
wow!!!! You must be very good
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
You can improve at chess just not to FM or above
then thats not improving. and that also mans chess is pointless to adults just starting.
He's a 13 year old gatekeeper lmao ignor him
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
yup. Despsite what others day i believe if you didn't start as a child the chances of you improving at chess are as about as equal as winning the lottery.
Unless your Tyler one besides even if your stuck at an eko your improving just not faster than your opponents
chesssblackbelt wrote:
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
You can improve at chess just not to FM or above
then thats not improving. and that also mans chess is pointless to adults just starting.
It's pointless to play chess if you're an adult who wants to be a GM yeah
You never know what could happen but for most people maybe
There have been gms that got their title at like 60 or 70 before the issue is all the prodojies give the allusion of no old gms
Jun 6, 2024
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#76
chesssblackbelt wrote:
Oh yeah I heard of them GMs.
GM Non and GM Existent were really good GMs.
Enrico Paoli was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 1996, at the age of 88. The title was awarded based on his past achievements, though.
The oldest person to be awarded the FIDE Grandmaster title based on their current tournament results was Yuri Shabanov, who was awarded the GM title in 2003 at the age of 66.
Jun 7, 2024
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#77
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
You can improve at chess just not to FM or above
then thats not improving.
That’s literally improvement
Jun 7, 2024
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#78
BringBackDemon1 wrote:
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
You can improve at chess just not to FM or above
then thats not improving.
That’s literally improvement
what r u talking abt
Jun 7, 2024
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#79
WongEthanLY wrote:
BringBackDemon1 wrote:
Azuresretrogambit wrote:
chesssblackbelt wrote:
You can improve at chess just not to FM or above
then thats not improving.
That’s literally improvement
what r u talking abt
You don't need to improve past FM for it to be called "improvement"
Jun 7, 2024
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#80
yyselocan1106316 wrote:
hi guys,
i am 37 years old, i am playing chess over 22 years but not seriously, in 2023 summer , i decided to take chess seriously,i applied licance and participated 12 tournements until now, 2 of them were elo tournements, rest is national rating ukd, like uscf of turkey, my starting fide elo after 2 tournements 1738, my chess com rapid is 2140 around right now, my lichess rapid is 2260 around, my question is am i underrated, and should continue fide tournements, to reach above 2000 fide classical, or am i quite old and it is not a realistic goal?
thanks, my best regards
37 isn't old at this point. Cognitive ability doesn't even start to decline until well into your 60s.
Quite frankly, if you ask that question, you probably are in the sense of getting better or winning anything of any great significance. The truth hurts. At age 76, I know my limitations and focus on teaching kids/beginners, correspondence and vote Chess having pretty much given up on OTB competitions a few years ago.