How long does it take you to reach 2000?

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AngryPuffer wrote:

my friend @gunnersroadto1000 i played a lot, for every 10 games he won 5 drew 1-2 and lost 3-4

so i doubt his "statistics" are correct

My "statistics" are easy to lookup. I went to that account, to rapid games and sorted by a minimum rating of 2000.

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blueemu wrote:
TS_theWoodiest wrote:

24 wins and 11 draws out of 74 games is probably pretty close to the expected win rate of a 1700-1800 player vs 2000 rated competition.

A 200-point rating gap equates to 3-to-1 odds or a 75-25 split in results.

That would be 14 wins and 9 draws out of 74 games.

There is a clear excess of more than 10 wins over expectations, assuming 1800 vs 2000 rating.

If it was 1750 vs 2050, the excess is even greater.

I trust your info, but I suspect that is based on the traditional FIDE Elo system, not the system that chess.com uses. Also, his peak rating was 1870 so it would make sense that he performed a bit higher than an 1800 during his rise to that rating if the win probabilities are similar between the two rating systems.

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Hmm. I started Jan 2023 as a 400, and I hit 2000 abt May 2024? It was a long hard journey but it was possible.

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For me personally, it took me 4 years to get to 2000, it took me 1 year to get to 1600 and then I took a 2 year break in the middle of it, so if you don't count the break, around 2 years

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how do you keep on learning new openings?
I use Scandinavian for black but want to learn Caro Kann. Just confused how do you keep all the lines in your head? I am not even sure which opening to go with with white so I play Italian or four knights with a mix of openings here and there. I would love to get to 2000

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i hit 2000 in 1,5 years

Avatar of punchdrunkpatzer

It took me three years to reach 2000 chess.com and 5 years 2000 FIDE

Avatar of Battleroyale365

I started off as an 800 on 7th May 2021. I hit 2000(exactly 2000) for the first time on March 8th, 2025. I re-hit 2000(2005) today, on July 2nd, 2025.

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Mitchell_Z wrote:

I just hit 2000, and I have been playing chess around 1 year. I wonder how long does it generally take to reach 2000 on chess.com and if I am below average or not.

damn

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Mitchell_Z wrote:

I just hit 2000, and I have been playing chess around 1 year. I wonder how long does it generally take to reach 2000 on chess.com and if I am below average or not.

Can you say how did you do it in just one year? Any tips?

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It takes 6 years for me as a non professional player.

Avatar of IronInitiative

2 years

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I will never hit 2000. I am not interested enough in the game to put that much effort into it