GMs play like average players.

Skill

Very true, how do they calculate on addition, coz wen we watching their games live, sometimes we c wat they play.

They have much better intuition when it comes to positional decisions and strategy.

Yup, no difference. Their universe of legal moves is just the same as those of the regular folk.

Ozzie beat me to it. 

On a semi-serious note, Max Pomeranc was coached on how to move the pieces like a chess player for his role in Searching for Bobby Fischer. Apparently, you really can tell the difference between a GM and a non-chess player by how they move the pieces.

Comparing 2200 to 2500-2600, sure, the majority of the moves will be the same.

It's the moves that are different that make all the difference though. It only takes one extra insight... one move even, to turn the game to your favor.

I have a +2500 rated friend who watched as I gave a simul. After the simul, he said that only someone rated +2000 could have told the difference between us. 

Chess is a beautiful art form, but it's one that requires an expert eye to really begin to see the beauty.

There are people here who know who I am, Yuri. I can back up everything I say about myself. I never made master, but I have been a chess coach for more than 25 years.

No no, here, average players play like GMs.

I think there was even an article by Andy Solstis in Chess Life on the topic. 

I think that was the best answer by far. 

Irrespective of your age, ambition or existing standard you are very unlikely to become a GM, because very very few people that take up chess ever become GMs or, for that matter gain any lesser title.

You are certainly not going to do it in 3 years.  If you were already playing at strong IM Level it could easily take 3 years to acquire the necessary norms and rating for the GM title.

You may not be able to see the difference between 1800 rated players and GMs, but I assure that it exists.  I have played many 1800 players OTB and have a very high plus score from those games.  I have played quite a few grandmasters and have lost every time.  Sometimes I was smashed off the board.  Sometimes I was ground down. It made no difference, one way or another I lost.  But unlike the games that I have lost against IMs and FMs the losses to GMs seemed inevitable. I never had a chance.

You cannot know at this stage where your limits as a chess player lie, but rather than make grandiose and unrealistic plans it is better just to concentrate on fixing the worst weaknesses in your game and moving up to the next level.  If you are rated in the 1400s then reaching 1500+ is realistic.  If you were already 2100+ then getting over 2200 would be realistic. Being rated around 1450 and planning to reach 2500+ in 3 years is just bonkers.

If you carry on making this kind of post (you've made a few more that show a lack of understanding of just how strong a GM is at chess) you'll just get ridiculed by the strong players on chess.com.

GMs play like players rated 1800-2200. The only difference is PR and respect. People believe that because they are GMs, they deserve wins and points.

(excerpt taken from "the chess world through the eyes of a 1300 player")

According to GM Ben Finegold, GMs show their skills by playing boring moves so that when their opponents fall asleep they can take pieces off the board. The highest rated GMs are the GMs with the most endurance.

Endurance is a great factor in strong chess play. 

Endurance to boredom

Endurance and staying alert...

Endurance to shifts in evaluation - sudden or gradual

Endurance to changes in the nature of the position

Endurance in defense

Endurance as in willing to defend for a long time, but staying ready to spring to action should occasion arise

Endurance in laying a long-term siege, refusal to relent...

Endurance in time trouble

I'm sure I could list some more elements... but it all definitely plays a huge part in a player's strength.

Anyone who's ever actually played or analysed with a GM knows the difference is not just endurance. GMs have talent.

Without endurance, how do you stay awake longer than the other GM so you can start taking pieces off the board?

Okay, but to be serious for a second, my favorite part of the original post is how he casually refers to GM playing as being in the "1800 - 2200" rating range which is a freaking huge rating range with multiple layers of "Player a beats player b 9/10 times." It's like if somebody said "what's your chess strength" and you were like "500 to 1300." He would probably respond, "wait, so do you not know how the pieces move or are you just learning basic positional concepts and tactical patterns? Which is it?"

xman, play bullet chess.

But even then, the GMs will demolish you.