FACT: You can't improve at chess

@ChessBrainiac's blitz graph: 

Some troll thread are incredibly resilient. This thread was started in 2017, and the hypothesis of the OP was immediately debunked in the very first reply. Still, somehow the whole thing is still running more than 5 years later.

Here's just my improvement graph at blitz all-time on this website. I worked hard to improve at chess, and it worked. Guess what- I did improve, even with my principles. I was around 700 when I started, now I'm a proud 1650. People might still call me an amateur, but I'm at least a determined learner.

btw, don't judge my background. It's from almost a year ago, but I'm too lazy to change it lol.

If you're looking for a graph that looks like a solid straight line, you're not going to find it. As rating linearly increases, the difficulty of getting further increase exponentially. So if you put in a consistent amount of work over time, you should see a logarithmic curve, not linear. If you squint at a logarithm I guess you could say "the jump happened all at once," but it's just a logarithm.

It took Carlsen 6 years to reach 2800 strength after he became a master and he had already played chess for several years before he became a master. What "quick improvement" the OP is talking about I don't know. 

2 and a half years ago I was stuck in mid 1500s blitz. Right now I am at low 1800s - high 1700s blitz on this website. That's a 250 points improvement in the last 2 and a half years. According to OP I should have been forever stuck on 1500 blitz rating and yet as of the moment of writing this comment I am rated 1826 blitz.

Carlsen's improvement is a slow and steady improvement over a long period of time.

It don't exist. If I study chess and sharpen my mind more I would be better. Yet most people who followed the trend to chess will never increase. I'm a lazy person who started playing chess because I am naturally an overconfident person. I don't like living realistically because I want to have things my way. Study to comprehend and understand that is way harder than just going at it any kind of way. I hate reality. Lol good luck

The safest thinking process about this critical thinking is to think that "there should be a mistake in your training process, one should know what to study and how." Knowing how to know this fact is what should a chess player should solve in order to avoid stagnation. Nevertheless, let us just play, challenge me and let's have some fun chessers

If your not improving you need to change something up and hat may cause you to lose more games sort term but continue trying till you figure eor something that works

Also if you want a graph of consistently improving overtime I'm a good example (humans themselves aren't super consistent though sometimes )

Not everyone improves some people get stuck but not everyone gets unstuck that's the hard part figure out how to get unstuck in progress

People aren't consistent they improve in a short amount of time or a long time usually I get suck for a while at a certain elo (like 2000 for months ) then jump up 200+ points in a few weeks so to answer your question yes humans improve are they consistent about it no

Talking about the op right ? Btw nice improvement

9 years an rapid in my book

^ This.

Well said.

you can easily... well not easily but the main thing chess is about is pattern recognition. if you had unlimited memory in your brain and you memorised every pattern and how to handle it would you say you improved? obviously that's unrealistic but it is possible to learn more patterns.

I don't study lmao it isn't just about not studying it's how you think how you view /what you learn from your positions surr studying can be important and needed for some people but one of the most important things is being able to realize a few things things your doing erong and fix it at least every few games

Ex: oh I have really bad time management I probably should play faster and think on critical moments,or oh I just hung a one move tactic because I didn't focus (everyone does )

Actually there are a good chunk of people who "study " and do it wrong and therefore don't improve at all sometimes studying is really difficult for some people and doesn't fit their style of learning others is is perfect for them

Like I know w guy (who slowly ) improving but they are sorts stuck at 1000 elo even tho they have a coach if studying is helpful or not really really depends on the person (it can for me even tho I don't because I memorize things easily anyway so grinding is typically better for me )

True true though elat 2000+ it isn't just pattern recognition (it can work ) you have to change up what your doing compared to everyone else cause most of the 2000+ are st the point where they have really good pattern recognition and /or study a good chunk (tbh working on my mid and endgames is so much better than that ) tho sometimes studying can be useful I guess technically I did study some but the most I did was watch YouTube 🫤 if your stuck and your studying it isn't working harder your probably doing something wrong in the games you are playing working hard only gets you so far you have to work smart + hard