Goal of Becoming a 2200 player.

I see you're in Selmer, send me a message if you end up coming to any of our tournaments in Memphis ( www.memphischess.com ) and I'll make sure you have a great time. We've got our best tournament of the year on the weekend after Thanksgiving.

It means I can get a rating of 3000.

muahaha

Yeah, the odds of all those are about the same. 

The path to chess improvement is simple. Implementing it however, is where a lot of us have difficulty. It requires consistent work and discipline. It is far better to do an hour of tactics a day than 7 hours once a week.

Solving tactics is where it is at for any of us under Master level. It is unreal how many games you can win by seeing the patterns and doing a 2-3 move combination to win material.

To quote the late SM master Ken Smith "If you aren't at least a "high Class A Player…..this news is for you…..Until you are at least a high Class A player:

Your first name is "Tactics", your middle name is "Tactics", and your last name is "Tactics". You can overcome a weak opening and be so far ahead in material that the endgame is mopping up.

I demand that you get every book on tactics and combinations that you can afford and study it as if your life depended on it!"

A book that really helped me with stretching my visualization is Pandolfini's "More Chessercizes:Checkmate". It starts with Mate in 2, the next chapter is Mates in 3 etc up to Mates in 6. It forces you to stretch one more move each chapter, kinda like adding weight on the bar when you exercise .

I think the other most important thing is to play a lot of slow serious games and analyze them afterwards, win or lose. Get a stronger player to help you with the analysis (a few rating classes above you is fine, doesn't have to be an IM or GM). I think you could even post it in the forums to have people give it a look in the Game Analysis area. 

And don't get hung up on your age or what anyone else says about being too old. Mid 30s is perfect. Just stay healthy, eat right, exercise, the whole bit. Being unhealthy at 35 is a bit more taxing than being unhealthy at 20 though. But as far as your brain being affected, it's nonsense. Look at Korchnoi, or Smyslov at 62yo making it to the Candidates matches. The greatest tournament performance in history was Karpov at Linares 1994 when he was 43yo!

The reason why adult players don't improve all that much is not because our brains are mush after a certain age, it's becuase we typically have a LOT of time contraints (full time job, spouse, a few kids etc) It's another reason kids get so good so fast is because they are living rent free without a care with parents taking care of everything. You say you only have a full time job (no spouse or kids) so time can be in your favor. But try to solve some tactics on your lunch break (smartphone app or book), lol.

Good luck, and remember, it's not enough to have goals. You have to enjoy the journey as well.

You can get the title. You can get a title at any age.

If you spend the time and money you might get there.  My college club was open to the community and we had a guy in his mid 80s who had broken 2000 and wiped the floor with most of us -- I beat him one time in about 200 games in my time there and I was at my peak at 20.    It isnt an age thing, though age is against you after a point.   My friend was unusal but you are less than 1/2 the age he was...   

If you have the time and money, see where it goes and try.  But if you have a full time career and a family and want to pick up being an IM on top of that... it will be brutally hard.

you cannot become good chess player by using engine...you can become good player by watching great player playing...first of all you must learn how to have killer vision...this is you can achieve by study tal fischer morphy...study immortal game....others you get it when you play real tournament....dont play online because it will kill your game

Dear ohh dear... I am 1500 rated and still think it's near impossible to reach 2200...look...I am not trying to discourage.....but...keep trying.... Good luck! I used to keep such targets when I was a beginner..but over time this game has made me realize that it has no future for me.... From then on, I just play for fun....

Yeah, 3 years later, OP is still 1000.

Seriously? Resurrecting a thread that's been dead for three years, just so you can be rude and put someone down?

It's nice to be good at chess, but it's more important to be a decent human being.  Give it a shot, it might change your life.

sorry brambly, this indecent bunny is probably also to blame for dredging up the past in

www.chess.com/forum/view/community/so-how-long-till-i-become-a-chess-master?page=2#comment-44623182

Oh yes, cos bunny dig the burrow and resurrect the old thread!!!

OP tread be like!

Oh dear, one might think it is actually hard to reach master level!

coming from a non-master, I don't see any reason why you can't do it. the only limits you have are the ones you place on yourself. It may take 20 years, but it can be done. Apply yourself diligently, study, and compete in tournaments. 

Well, you only get 75 years in your life! (From there the only valuable years of your life are between 15-65= 50 years  only) Do you think it is worth spending 20 years for chess! 

Do you think what magic changes will happen to you if you get 2200 elo or master?

Wow it's been two years how is it coming along?  I know I havn't had much success myself with actual rating improvement coming from one 30ish guy to another....  I have ideas on how to improve but like I said before it's always a long process.  To be honest I don't think it's worth it to keep trying for me ha.  But I'll try just a little longer!!

Thanks for every ones comment and as one fellow pointed out. I'm still at same rating as when I posted this comment. 

Life ordeals happened that caused me to refocus. 

Don't get me wrong I love chess and I enjoy playing and learning but not trying to be a master anymore. 

@DaGrizz82 It's ok buddy. 

Just enjoy the game and have fun. 

Focus on other things like your career, family, etc. Chess is only a hobby. 

Your calculations are wrong. He isn't going to spend all his 24 hrs/d on chess. Probably just a few hours a day for, let's say, 7-10 years. The title is going to allow him to officially teach chess (ofc you can teach chess without a title, but no title = no solid reputation). I agree a chess title isn't that important in life, but it's more about self-actualization.

I can provide a good analogy. Getting a chess title is like getting a PhD. It takes a lot of resources (time, money etc) and discipline. It's not super hard but it's a long path. A really long path. People have a motivation for a year or two, but it requires 6-10 years. That's why people give up on it.