He trained for years, after reaching IM, and improved only a little, until he peaked out. He had been training since the age of six under the best coaches, remember. He described his childhood in his Attacking Chess book, and it sounded practically ideal. Not the crappy treatment described in the movie, at all. Movies are never accurate. He probably had better training, growing up than most IMs, who admit they couldn't reach 2700. Yet many people on here, seem to think he had boat loads more potential than other IMs. Just wondering why.
I never read his book. I thought he quit while he was still pretty young. Yeah he played in 1999 or something, but that was long after he quit.
I couldn't find any info on it. You should read the book, though. You can tell he certainly wanted to get to GM level. You could also tell he had reached the level where he was no longer the most talented one in the mix.
He trained for years, after reaching IM, and improved only a little, until he peaked out. He had been training since the age of six under the best coaches, remember. He described his childhood in his Attacking Chess book, and it sounded practically ideal. Not the crappy treatment described in the movie, at all. Movies are never accurate. He probably had better training, growing up than most IMs, who admit they couldn't reach 2700. Yet many people on here, seem to think he had boat loads more potential than other IMs. Just wondering why.
I never read his book. I thought he quit while he was still pretty young. Yeah he played in 1999 or something, but that was long after he quit.