yo get off my couch
I think it depends on wheter or not you have natural talent, there are lots of dirt poor people who has never even read chess books yet they're able to reach 2000+ rating
yo get off my couch
I think it depends on wheter or not you have natural talent, there are lots of dirt poor people who has never even read chess books yet they're able to reach 2000+ rating
I dont think Fischer ever had a coach/teacher/trainer..... he did ok too !
Yeah, he did pretty well for someone who had no coach/trainer.
I mean, he definitely wasn't a Kasparov or Anand, but he was still a strong chess player.
I dont think Fischer ever had a coach/teacher/trainer..... he did ok too !
Yeah, he did pretty well for someone who had no coach/trainer.
I mean, he definitely wasn't a Kasparov or Anand, but he was still a strong chess player.
Bobby Fischer had a couple trainers/mentors/coaches. His first Carmine Nigro wasn't particularly good, but introduced him to many things (like where to play Blitz in NY, and got him into the Manhatten Chess Club) and also helped boost his confidence and taught him to trust his instincts. Jack Collins came after Nigro and was quite good and had a huge library of books that also helped Fischer. When Fischer was younger he would go over to Jack Collins' place almost every day. Collins also trained Fischer on how to use his time better with the clock. It was less of a "teacher - student" thing and more of a mutual respect type of thing, but he didn't do everything he did entirely alone, and they did infact mentor him.
Here he is watching a game between Bill Lombardy and Fischer:
Yes, of course.
with a coach like you my rating would grow up very fast I think
There are many that have broken the 2000 barrier with no formal coach, I am one of them . So, the answer is an emphatic YES to the OP's question. I know some FMs who also never had formal teaching/coaching as well as many NMs .
There are many that have broken the 2000 barrier with no formal coach, I am one of them . So, the answer is an emphatic YES to the OP's question. I know some FMs who also never had formal teaching/coaching as well as many NMs .
Thanks for your reply ,,
Could you please tell me the steps i should follow to achieve this ? .. i finished (( chess openings for dummies )) , (( Judgement and planning in chess )) , (( Josh waitzkn academy in chess master )) and i am now studying (( My system )) for Nimzowitsch .
am i on the right road ?
Chess is a tuff game, its hard to learn, and its getting harder the better you get. I saw a IM claiming that for every 100 rating point the wanna raise, you need to get double as good.
well i got to 1700 level in one year on chess.com so another 60 years an i would hope be at 2000. so i would have thought yes, but time will tell
Absolutely you can. What do you think people did in the old days when there was no internet and the only way to find really strong players was to live in a major metropolitan area?
Yes you can. Word of warning though: most of the 2000+ players I know have started relatively young (in their teens at the very latest) and if one starts older it may prove more difficult but it's certainly not impossible. I know at least one player who learned the rules when he was about 20 years old and who is now 2000+ (in fact close to master strength). I believe he also achieved this without ever really having a coach.
I dont think Fischer ever had a coach/teacher/trainer..... he did ok too !
Yeah, he did pretty well for someone who had no coach/trainer.
I mean, he definitely wasn't a Kasparov or Anand, but he was still a strong chess player.
Bobby Fischer had a couple trainers/mentors/coaches. His first Carmine Nigro wasn't particularly good, but introduced him to many things (like where to play Blitz in NY, and got him into the Manhatten Chess Club) and also helped boost his confidence and taught him to trust his instincts. Jack Collins came after Nigro and was quite good and had a huge library of books that also helped Fischer. When Fischer was younger he would go over to Jack Collins' place almost every day. Collins also trained Fischer on how to use his time better with the clock. It was less of a "teacher - student" thing and more of a mutual respect type of thing, but he didn't do everything he did entirely alone, and they did infact mentor him.
Here he is watching a game between Bill Lombardy and Fischer:
Nice photo -- some time back, and in another thread, someone was looking for photographs of Nigro but no-one was able to produce one.
I for one recommend taking a conch to matches. Or a cosh.