2000+ is in the top 97 percentile of rated players so only 3 people out 100 can make it there..
So normally, it takes forever.
http://archive.uschess.org/ratings/ratedist.php
How long does it noarmally take for a players rating to hit the 2000 mark
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what is the difference in knowledge of a 2000 rated player and a 1200 rated player?
'what is the difference in knowledge of a 2000 rated player and a 1200 rated player?'
I could be wrong but the ability to calculate variations. This is something I really struggle with without the analysis board, so I know I will never reach anywhere near that level.
rowsweep wrote:
what is the difference in knowledge of a 2000 rated player and a 1200 rated player?
I don't know... everything?
Your blitz rating is good enough to at least guess at the answer to that.
If chess was a language and 2000 is fluent, 1200 would be nearly illiterate.
othert wrote:
'what is the difference in knowledge of a 2000 rated player and a 1200 rated player?'
I could be wrong but the ability to calculate variations. This is something I really struggle with without the analysis board, so I know I will never reach anywhere near that level.
I've beaten a few 2000 elo players in tournaments, and in certain positions that were suited for it I visualized 20 ply deep to be sure my move would work (although in most positions this is useless at best, and usually impossible).
But when I began chess, I struggled to visualize even 1 move. I distinctly remember this difficulty... not that I cared, I just enjoyed playing and learning.
Certain players seem impossibly strong in the beginning. For me they were 1200 players. But if you work at it, over time you'll get better, and little by little what seemed impossible will become easy. Maybe not all the way to a 2000 rating, but I think everyone can learn to visualize moves and calculate... it just wont happen overnight.
It took me almost exactly a year from playing in my first tournament to make it to 2000 USCF.
That's not a useful measure. Some people are rated over 2500 after their first tournament...
Of course they'd been playing for years though.
sixspeedfun wrote:
I don't really know. I'm still trying to hit 1000.
Hey, review your own games with computer analysis after you play them. Specifically find where you went wrong, and why. Determine not to make these same mistakes in your next games. You will break 1000 in no time! 
Aug 27, 2014
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theres no more inflated rating then USCF. I bet I would bet at least 2200 USCF when I would be living in the US.
Sometimes I wonder if different areas in the US are inflated or deflated i.e. if I moved across the country if my rating would go up (or maybe down).
so glad we made it. look how far we've come my baby.
blueemu wrote:
RobK44 wrote:
Well, a lot of the players on that level are cheaters.
In a year on this site, I've only encountered two players that I suspected of cheating.
In two years I've encountered quite a few. One I reported last week for sandbagging is now banned. chess.com are quite good on it if you report.
Anyway, you're not an old dog, you're an emu, anyone can see that. 
I believe you.
Till_98 wrote:
theres no more inflated rating then USCF. I bet I would bet at least 2200 USCF when I would be living in the US.
What is your fide rating ?
Julio_Ajedrez wrote:
my son is already 2034 national rating and he is only 4.
believe me he is gonna be the next future world champion.
4 is way too old if he's serious about the game; he should have at least one grandmaster norm by now.
Sep 15, 2014
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shell_knight wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if different areas in the US are inflated or deflated i.e. if I moved across the country if my rating would go up (or maybe down).
Yes, some are.
When I was seventeen years old it took me three years and when I arrive to expert level, my first rating was 2019 uscf and highest was 2110 uscf.
When I started at chess.com in correspondence rating, I quickly climb to 1900 level, I was playing a lot unsound opening theme game or tournament,to learn how to play crazy position but it does not fit to my safe and sound system I normally played over the board; where rating real counts. In other chess site I reach over 2000 online rating, maybe in chess.com one more year or sooner.
Till_98 wrote:
3 years when you are talented. A bit faster(only 2 years) when you are super talented and/or study chess very much. The standard time for most people is 5 years or more and most of all people will never reach 2000 in their life. And btw. I am talking about Fide ratings(Elo) and not inflated ratings like Uscf.
Till_98, I been playing for over ten years, met American or Foreign experts and masters, if there is a difference in FIDE rating 2000 to 2000 uscf there is very little difference, one FIDE expert I score one win and he score a win, so a tied. I am very strong in the endgame and positional ( you have see some my analysis in the endgame, especially the knight and bishop endgame), a little weak in tactics { tactics can be improve on, it doesn't real take much time to in improvement } and I have decent opening. I have seen uscf expert beating American or Foreign grandmaster and national master 2200 uscf beating foreign grandmasters; that is not weak expert or inflated rating, you have to be very strong to beat a grandmaster. I draw against Filipino master rated 2480 uscf, so I am not a weak player, that was otb game.
8-10 hours, at LEAST.