Are most players self taught

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Avatar of missileMan_k
So is it common for a self taught player to reach around 1300 or 1000 just through Shirley playing the game not looking up tactics or strategies or having someone teach them. The learn through trial and error, but also having a base understand of how the pieces move at the beginning of there journey or are most players who reach higher level chess taught by coaches or active research
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I have learned e4 only