Beginner to ELO 2200 in year

what does that mean? depends where you start?

what if he was on the toilet, is that a good place to start?

2200 in a year...chess.com or otb?

It's highly improbable, but, there's always a possibility, and if we're only talking chess.com ratings then I'd say there's at least a very slim chance, you'd have to be super devoted however.

You should try.  And blog about it.  

the OP will need loads of study time and loads of games...theory and practice...you cant improve when both are not present

Ty all for your feedback :-)

I would start where I´m now (ok, where I´m going to be on Monday 8th of January 2018).

I´m a beginner player who learnt to play as a kid, and my last game of chess was probably when I was 10 years old, until I discovered chess.com some months ago.

Conclusión 1: I think that my ratings at chess.com represent very good my level of chess. I would say that I my ELO rating is somewhere between 900 and 1100

Conclusión 2: I´m a BEGINNER

I was not on the toilet when I wrote the post, but if I "play" the challenge, it´s going to be one of my "study places" and your nickname "simon1138" sounds great for this place. I can perhaps solve 11 or 38 tactics every time I go to the toiler... just an interesting idea.

I answer the rest of your answers in some minutes... I have to solve 11 tactic problems ;-)

I was thinking about OTB and of course a clear challenge appeared in my head "from beginner to MASTER in one year".

On one side, reaching the MASTER level in one year is perhaps too ambitious (i have at this point not enough information) - what do you think? 

On the other side, I think that I would need to invest huge amount of time for reaching my goals with OTB games. Am I right?

And last, what does it mean to reach 2200 ELO in chess.com???

2200 ELO in all my rankings?

2200 ELO in just one time setup?

Any idea about what criteria based on chess.com ratings that represents a chessplayer´s strength?

I think it is a long shot for you (ok, I'll be honest, it is impossible for you within a year's time).  But who knows.  Amazing things happen.  Definitely post back when you are a GM !  Better, still, find this post and reply to it.  I'm sure we'll all be very happy for you and inspired too!!

Age has nothing to do with it. I think it's not realistic. Set a goal of improving 100 points, meet it, then try to improve another 100 points, and so on . . .

It's good to set goals, but they need to be realistic else you cannot meet them and you will fail and quit.

I started playing 5 years ago, am 39 years old right now, 2 kids and my own business that takes a lot of hours. I set myself the goal of 100 points per year. Over the Board rating, online ratings are meaningless. It takes a lot of study and training.

I got my first rating 3 years ago, after 1 year playing and learning online, I joined a local chessclub, one year after that i played my first rated games.

Since then I went from 1280 to 1450 right now. You have to spend time, you cannot have any other hobbies, don't read books other than chess books, don't play games other than chess and you cannot watch tv. You can only do that if you like chess more than anything else

100 * 52 = 5200 ; that's not bad at all.  I'd go for it since he is your coach, and I assume you trust his judgement.

Thank your for your feedback, I should change the title and include the word "CHALLENGE" :-)

It´s not just a threat about if it´s possible or not to get certain ELO level in one year.

My idea is to start a real challenge (based on my mental models ;-)) and that means that if I win I get some rewards (despite of the non material ones), and if I lose... I LOSE.

In plain english... I´M GOING TO BET ON IT - not just words- CASH - EURO - DOLLAR - OR SOME CREATIVE ASSETS ;-)

But the first, I need is to have a clear idea about the potential challenge itself. Is it possible to get a 2200 ELO, online, OTB, etc...

Other questions that come to my mind:

- My "friends" (who are going to bet against or for me) need to know that I can´t cheat. Offline it´s easier but online... Any suggestions?

- Do you know about someone who made a challenge like this? (it can give me some ideas)

I'll bet you.  What are you starting from?  I'd be happy to lose too.

Yes, this isn't a bad idea.

On a motorcycle forum I belong to, there was a guy who posted something like he wants to race within a month or something after getting his first bike.  Everybody's like: "right", "sure".  But guess what? He actually raced and placed very well and blogged his whole journey.  The blog to proved to be very popular.  Let me see if I can find it...

On a piano forum I belong to, some guy posted about achieving ABSRM grade 8 within a year (from no piano experience).  He also blogged about it, and the blog was very popular even though he ended up testing grade 2 (can't remember how well he did) at the end of the year.  I'll also see if I can find it...

The key in both is that they went thru it for a year and learned a great deal.  I think you can do the same.

1. Bet on a over the board rating, online ratings mean nothing. Nothing better than beating a player OTB, and yeah you cannot cheat there. 

2. Don't bet, you gonna lose. 1500 FIDE is difficult enough, spanish rating, i don't know.

Blogging/streaming etc about you experiences yes!