How fast did you progressed? How to progress faster?

I just reached 1600 points after 115  days of playing chess and 1410 matches and I'm wondering how much will it take me to reach 2000 points (or how many matches on average) as this is my milestone.

As I think that from here to 2000 things get slower in terms of progress, could anyone the have reached 2000+ give some tips to go faster? Or maybe recommend a good chess book as I have never read one and it seems that it worked well for some people.

Wow, that's fast progress. No one can say how fast you will (or if you will) reach 2000, but I doubt studying some endgames never hurt anybody. Since you seem to have already played quite a bit of chess, and are progressing nicely, honing your endgame skills further should improve your gameplay rapidly. After all, if you know which endgames are won (and how), which are drawn and so on, you have easy goals to target in the middlegame, assuming checkmating opponent with direct attack isn't possible.

Maybe something like 100 Endgames You Must Know could do the trick?

Thanks mate!

I went from total eginner to 1150 (rapid) in sex months, without working very hard, basically using the oppening principles and practicing tatics 

Somebody did the stats of the top players, and discovered that almost all players are within 200 points of their peak rating within 7 years of starting. The largest rating improvement I've seen in USCF rating is Steve Odendahl, who went from ~500 to +2500 and earned an IM title. But that was some years ago. I'm sure there are others who have gained even more.

My first USCF rating was 1490, but that was due to a really poor performance where I didn't understand the time control of my first event. I was quickly over 1600 within a few months without having actually improved. My biggest rating jump in a single rating period was 102 points, 1899-2001. 

how long did steve took

The very first USCF game I ever played--I beat an expert with Black. The

2nd game--I lost to a master with White. After the 12 round tournament my rating was in the 1800s. 

The second [small] tournament I won and my rating became a little higher. Then played in a lot more local tournaments where I often tied for first place with a friend.

Also was doing postal chess and won a lot of tournaments and I did better in the slower postal play.

A bunch of USCF games were not rated and kept me from being a USCF master. Then I concentrated on postal chess and then internet chess and did some exhibitions where I would play a very strong team or person.So slow but steady improvement until I reached a USA Correspondence rating of 2528 which I still have now. [inactive rating]

I wish I would have a lot of sex in a few months without working very hard...

I didn't mention FIDE ratings. I mentioned USCF ratings. I believe it was Andy Soltis, using USCF ratings, who compiled the data. 

full on immersion. do not stop this pace no matter what. its long breaks that wreck progress. IF it wasnt that i was committed to my college education very early on as high school student, and then trying to enter a ph.d later on, i would be at least 2400 USCF two years ago. 

I have a friend who was clearly on his way to becoming a GM, but instead decided to earn an advanced degree from an Ivy League school after making IM. He still plays competitively, and won some money at the US Open this weekend. But yes, if your priorities are something other than chess, you won't get as far. Vladimir Kramnik said the same thing about Hou Yifan.

He said she's cursed with being good at too many things. Most chess players are only good at playing chess!

until very recently, i was in a ph.d program that was the best in the world at (what was close enough)  my area of expertise. if you asked me back then knowing what i know now, what i would do. i would accept chess without a heartbeat. in terms of education, my education has been one giant fascinating waste of time.

a lot more beauty and a lot less politics , and closer to a true meritocracy. (you could do everything right in academia, and still not get tenure track position). im already used to living on little and could care less about "making a family"

but most people arent as half-autistic as me. forget chess.  i empathize with the borderline cases where you are very good at two things. IF you absolutely wont abandon chess, focus on it first. i did try to do this in the wrong order,

hey everyone

hey everyone

"He said she's cursed with being good at too many things. Most chess players are only good at playing chess!"

I don't know about that.  Most chess players I know are good at things besides chess.

im a little skeptical here. are they GOOD chess players? most good chess players i know arent that great at much else. (except poker if they decide to switch)

its really a pity that hou starts studying now and said she wants to concentrate on promoting chess- she was the only woman who really could stand up to the guys

It has been my experience that many good chess players are also good at other games such as poker, duplicate bridge and hearts and Backgammon.

Also many have a good education...