am i too old to play ? - Chess Forums - Page 5

selocan1106316 · 2024-05-20T10:33:19-07:00

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

wishiwereficher

Jun 7, 2024

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#81

chesssblackbelt wrote:

37 is about midway through life. It's not exactly young.

True, but that would leave 30 yrs minimum of chess play, perhaps even more in a healthy adult. I think we will see a bigger pool of older GM level players in the future.

PikachuIronMan

Jun 7, 2024

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#82

BringBackDemon1 wrote:

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"

True

bumpa329

Jun 8, 2024

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#83

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.

that might be the single dumbest comment on his entire thread. congrats to you, @azurestrogambit!

blueemu

Jun 8, 2024

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#84

I'm sure he can top it.