Can i be the next world champion?
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You might cross 2000 if you work hard. You will most certainly never cross 2500. You will never beat Carlsen. You will not even get a chance to play in a tournament where he is playing. However, you can learn chess, improve your rating, enjoy the process and have fun.
Read about Parimarjan Negi. He is the second youngest GM (at 13 years and 142 days). He couldn't get into top 20 players in the world. He quit chess and joined Stanford University. https://www.chessbase.in/news/parimarjan-negi-in-stanford
thanks mate good info.
wow great comment there
Aug 31, 2017
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Just have fun playing the game. Have a step by step target to reach your bigger goal.
Aug 31, 2017
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Yes! Cheat! Use a chess engine to play your moves. Copy the line Stockfish shows, and you can beat anyone!
Anything is possible!
Afaque24 wrote:
18 hrs a day? yeh right buddy.
when i asked a 2500 player over chat,whether i can become a GM,he told no those players start a very young age and spend 18 hours a day studying adn playing chess...but I think i can be a decent 2000player if i start doin the same.Whats your opinion on this ..can i beat Magnus one day?
There are two types of players, one who make goals and accomplish them without asking anyone and the one who ask because they lack confidence and they need their ego to be lift up; the one that need to ask are the one that don't accomplish their goals, its all talk and no action.
Bobby Fischer never ask anyone he just did it and fought his way to world champion; all world champion had confidence that one day they will become world champion; before Capablanca became world champion, everyone knew he will become a champion, even Lasker knew it and he will lose the title to Capablanca. Alekhine prepared against Capablanca and had the certainty he will prevail against Capablanca in a match and he did.
Anyone here has the possibility of being the world-champion in bulldog-style chess. JunyJunebug and friedmelon are currently going at it here, to see who is the first world champion. But the winner won't wear the crown in peace - new players (after showing some skill) will be able to challenge the beholder of the Bulldog crown.
Tournament rules are on page 2 of this thread.
Someone wiser than me had a response to this question (which comes up often). His answer applies to 99.999999% of the people who ask it. His answer was "No. Someone else can, but you cant"
Sep 3, 2017
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Afaque24 wrote:
when i asked a 2500 player over chat,whether i can become a GM,he told no those players start a very young age and spend 18 hours a day studying adn playing chess...but I think i can be a decent 2000player if i start doin the same.Whats your opinion on this ..can i beat Magnus one day?
A hockey stick is your best bet ...
You can absolutely become a world champion, you just have to make the right moves, one after another, until you're done. It's not like there are hidden pieces; Magnus Carlsen sees the same position you do.
Possibly of interest:
"... the NM title is an honor that only one percent of USCF members attain. ..." - IM John Donaldson (2015)
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Reaching-the-Top-77p3905.htm
What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis
"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf
100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review916.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/100-Master-Trade-Secrets-77p3835.htm
Reaching the Top?! by Peter Kurzdorfer
"... On the one hand, your play needs to be purposeful much of the time; the ability to navigate through many different types of positions needs to be yours; your ability to calculate variations and find candidate moves needs to be present in at least an embryonic stage. On the other hand, it will be heart-warming and perhaps inspiring to realize that you do not need to give up blunders or misconceptions or a poor memory or sloppy calculating habits; that you do not need to know all the latest opening variations, or even know what they are called. You do not have to memorize hundreds of endgame positions or instantly recognize the proper procedure in a variety of pawn structures.
[To play at a master level consistently] is not an easy task, to be sure ..., but it is a possible one. ..." - NM Peter Kurzdorfer (2015)
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2015/11/16/book-notice-kurzdorfers-reaching-the-top.html
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Reaching-the-Top-77p3905.htm
https://www.chess.com/article/view/can-anyone-be-an-im-or-gm
Train Like a Grandmaster by Kotov
Becoming a Grandmaster by Keene
What It Takes to Become a Grandmaster by GM Andrew Soltis
"BENJAMIN FINEGOLD (born Sep-06-1969 ...) ... Ben became a USCF Life Master at 15, USCF Senior Master at 16, an International Master in 1989, and achieved his final GM norm at the SPICE Cup B Section in September, 2009. ..."
http://www.chessgames.com/player/benjamin_finegold.html
"MARK IZRAILOVICH DVORETSKY (... died Sep-26-2016 ...) ... He was ... awarded the IM title in 1975. Dvoretsky was also a FIDE Senior Trainer and noted author. ... During the 1970s, Mark was widely regarded by the strongest IM in the world, ..."
http://www.chessgames.com/player/mark_izrailovich_dvoretsky.html
https://www.chess.com/article/view/don-t-worry-about-your-rating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/am-i-too-old-for-chess
https://www.chess.com/blog/smurfo/book-review-insanity-passion-and-addiction
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/26/books/books-of-the-times-when-the-child-chess-genius-becomes-the-pawn.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/05/05/making-a-living-in-chess-is-tough-but-the-internet-is-making-it-easier/#4284e4814850
https://www.chess.com/news/view/is-there-good-money-in-chess-1838
"... Many aspiring young chess players dream of one day becoming a grandmaster and a professional. ... But ... a profession must bring in at least a certain regular income even if one is not too demanding. ... The usual prize money in Open tournaments is meagre. ... The higher the prizes, the greater the competition. ... With a possibly not very high and irregular income for several decades the amount of money one can save for old age remains really modest. ... Anyone who wants to reach his maximum must concentrate totally on chess. That involves important compromises with or giving up on his education. ... it is a question of personal life planning and when deciding it is necessary to be fully conscious of the various possibilities, limitations and risks. ... a future professional must really love chess and ... be prepared to work very hard for it. ... It is all too frequent that a wrong evaluation is made of what a talented player can achieve. ... Most players have the potential for a certain level; once they have reached it they can only make further progress with a great effort. ... anyone who is unlikely to attain a high playing strength should on no account turn professional. ... Anyone who does not meet these top criteria can only try to earn his living with public appearances, chess publishing or activity as a trainer. But there is a lack of offers and these are not particularly well paid. For jobs which involve appearing in public, moreover, certain non-chess qualities are required. ... a relevant 'stage presence' and required sociability. ... All these jobs and existences, moreover, have hanging above them the sword of Damocles of general economic conditions. ... around [age] 40 chess players ... find that their performances are noticeably tailing off. ..." - from a 12 page chapter on becoming a chess professional in the book, Luther's Chess Reformation by GM Thomas Luther (2016)
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/LuthersChessReformation-excerpt.pdf
when i asked a 2500 player over chat,whether i can become a GM,he told no those players start a very young age and spend 18 hours a day studying adn playing chess...but I think i can be a decent 2000player if i start doin the same.Whats your opinion on this ..can i beat Magnus one day?