Beginner to ELO 2200 in year

At least you wouldn't get your neck broken by the wife.

Unless you've Morphy level talent it won't happen. Of course you should keep trying.

That's virtually impossible. Magnus Carlsen managed to increase his grade by 900 in a year around the year 2000, and that was a period of intense strudy guided by a chess master. You are aiming to increase your grade by about 1100 with less time and without a professionsal coach. For you, a reasonable aim in a year would be to reach 1600, and even that will be a serious challenge involving many hundreds of hours of both study and play.

 

Your biggest problem is the dog. You can quit your job and spend zero time with your family, but you have to go for a walk with your dog every day for at least one hour. This will cost you a lot of ranking points!

I dont think you are aware just how much time you have to invest...I also think that you are probably trolling...leaving family and job to pursue a life of chess...thats a sign of trolling...either that or you are not stable in the mental department

I am also pretty sure the OP has never played an OTB tournament in his life

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Of course he is trolling... 

That's only going to happen if I loose 10 M in stupid bet. But she would outsource the task or be more sophisticated

The right resources mainly human would make a huge difference. It's not a perfect example but it's something I have seen several times: - Spanish swimmer around 18 to 21 years - He is in the top 5 in a swimming discipline at national level - Of course, in Spain he is part of the swimming High Performance Program (he has spent several years, around 5 or more) - He goes one year to take part of a training program in the US And when comes back... He wins in one or more disciplines at national level and probably sets up a new national time record. Ty for your encouragement! I have a question for you; from your point of view, what online chess ratings would be the best indicator of an overall players chess strenght? Ty

Unfortunately, even a 10 million dollar prize won't make your brain work differently. On the other hand, if you are able to revive Dvoretzky, then reaching 2200 should be a walk in the park.

I doubt it. I've played for over 7 years and I'm only at 2100 USCF

OP,

Technically it is not impossible.  You would only have to play one OTB tournament and perf at or above 2200.

That is a performance goal. As all of your opponents also have a vote, these are sometimes difficult to nail as a one off, which is why it takes experts up to 10 years to gain 200 ELO points.

What you will need is several process goals.  These are not so difficult in themselves, but they take time and I assume you don't want to end up homeless, so they have to be realistic.   I find that any hobbies at our age that start to take up more than two hours a day begin to impact lifestyle.  You have to be honest about what you can commit to.  Know where your D-1 is.  D = divorce and 1 is time in minutes.  

Examples could be study 12 quality chess books.  My System ,Reassess, Life and Games f Mikhail Tal...etc.  You have a year, one a month seems realistic.

Maybe solve 15,000 chess puzzles.  That is a little over 50 a day.  I recommend chesstempo.com it keeps stats and there are way more than 50,000.  CT-Art on your phone too.  Unfortunately 50 a day could take 5 hours so either go deep and solve less or go quick and solve more and hope you learn the patterns.

Maybe Play one long game 5 or 6 days a week a day on chess.com and then analyse it through some kind of chess program.  30 min a side, 

Learn 4 openings. Two white, two black.  

For performance goals, In order to get close to a 2200 national federation ELO you will probably need a 2400 chess.com rating.  If you get to 1600 in a couple of months then maybe you have a shot at it.

So, 1600 by March, 1800 by June, 2000 by September, 2400 by December

Then play the next big Open tournament.  It has to be Open though, not a  Sectional Swiss tournament.

Anyway, it will be monumentally hard but lots to blog about.  Also better than that clown who thought he could beat Magnus after having his computer think for a month. 

It's the process that matters.  If you end up at 1600+ I would consider that a win. 

Good luck.

you could try becoming a leprosy carrier, causing all your opponents to die before the end of each game. 

Thanks for your answer

Thank you for your answer. There are several ideas you have mentioned, I need to think about some days.

But to finish the challenge with several OTB tournaments makes a lot of sense.

 

fictitious scenario

 

 

 

 

i have seen your home page, rating, positions and even your 19-0-1 record in your last 20 games.  Without an engine you have zero chance of reaching even 1700  within even 3 years.  

I went from beginner to 1700 in about 4 years. Certainly possible.

I´m a beginner... yes. But that is not a problem for me, i feel great being a beginner in chess ;-)

 

I have been a beginner in many fields or executing many tasks - as all of us-, and I have master the one that interested me -as all of us who have pay "the price" for it. The challenge is about trying to improve from my level to advance in a certain period of time.

I have no interest in using an engine for cheating myself or others. That makes no sense for me.