How long will it take a beginner to reach ELO 1700?

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DjonniDerevnja
Cherub_Enjel wrote:

 Before the "boost", I heard that many titled players couldn't break 2000 standard, and computer impossible was like 1800. 

Daily ratings are by far the least accurate ratings, and tend to over/underestimate drastically. 

There's a 2600 GM with a 1400 Daily rating (even when he wasn't timing out, he was around 2100), and 1400 USCFs playing 2-3 games at once who are 2100. 

Are you sure that GM isn't at  2783 FIDE?. There was a fantastic GM that timed out all his games a few days before the Carlsen-Karjakin WC match.  It looks like he couldn't spare time for his daily-games  around WC-time. Before he timed out he won tons of games (232?), had 8 draws and 0 losses.

 

Those 1400-players that plays Daily at 2100 are very good at chess, but they need more time to see all the tactics than available in otb long chess. There also is the explorer we can use in daily, which takes away most opening errors, and partially evens out the odds between the 1400s and the really good players. Players that plays Daily at rapid speed will not perform at their own maximum. some players does that. Not to win, but to get practice and test out openings and ideas.

 

I think the Fide-rating for long chess is the most precise scale.

 

cihilt

It depends on how bad you want it and how hard you train and the type of training you are getting.

You can definitely train the brain, just like how anyone can develop and increase body muscles and endurance.  The limitation would just be how far your brain is capable of.

 

An example would be, off the bat you can run 100m in 12 seconds. through gym work, dedication and better technique maybe you may get to 11 seconds.

But then is it possible to get to 10 seconds ?

 

Its finding what your limitation is, maybe its endless, but you dont have the time.

Sweet_Meats

I just became 1700 today. Took about 4 years 

JairBolsonaro2018

I took more than one year, but if you study hard everyday and solve tactics every single day during 6 months you can acheive 1700, I guess, but I am not sure, you can try it.

Pawnlings

The real answer is 'Whatever you make it into '. There's no set time limit. Some players have been rated 1300 for 10-20 years. Some bypass 1700-1800 entirely and jump right to 2000 in a year. It depends how much work you're willing to put in.

CheesyPuns

took me 1 year from 1100-1600  (USCF) (i started actually trying on chess)

took another from 1600-1980 (USCF) (where i am now)

hopefully it will take another to get to 2200 wink.png

good luck

PROTATIKI
i think it will be 1-2years
1cbb

a year

1cbb

no more than a year

AydenSiu
SnapesSoulmate wrote:

Just approximately.

ELO/Fide

Well, I am 12 and it took me sixth months to reach ~1550 (Estimated playtime is 1-2 months, since I have to do schoolwork and ECA all the time and I stopped playing chess for a while when the new school year started, so I think it’s possible to reach my level within less than 2 months with serious training). I think its pretty easy to reach 1700. The main difference between 1500 and 1800 is experience. When I first climbed to 1500 I got bulldozed, but when I played for a week in the 1500-1600 level I am pretty much invincible unless I am not in condition (which is likely because I have ADHD). So play more and don’t worry about losing. Remember, elo is just an approximate value of your skill, what matters that most is the fun you get while playing. P.S if it doesn’t work for you don’t blame me cause I have an IQ of 135 therefore my chess studying speed might be faster than average.

Rimuru
AydenSiu wrote:
SnapesSoulmate wrote:

Just approximately.

ELO/Fide

Well, I am 12 and it took me sixth months to reach ~1550 (Estimated playtime is 1-2 months, since I have to do schoolwork and ECA all the time and I stopped playing chess for a while when the new school year started, so I think it’s possible to reach my level within less than 2 months with serious training). I think its pretty easy to reach 1700. The main difference between 1500 and 1800 is experience. When I first climbed to 1500 I got bulldozed, but when I played for a week in the 1500-1600 level I am pretty much invincible unless I am not in condition (which is likely because I have ADHD). So play more and don’t worry about losing. Remember, elo is just an approximate value of your skill, what matters that most is the fun you get while playing. P.S if it doesn’t work for you don’t blame me cause I have an IQ of 135 therefore my chess studying speed might be faster than average.

This post was made 9 years ago. You helped the OP a lot with your reply now. Other than that, you should notice that the OP mentioned "FIDE" not chess.com rating. FIDE is much harder to obtain than chess.com.

rayanejebari

i created my account 4 march 2023 and started playing seriously in june and i reached 1700 elo in chess.com in december 2024 , so it take for me 1 year and 6 months

mikewier

The answer depends on several factors:

1. How much you study

2. How effectively you study

3. The opportunity to play and learn from stronger players, particularly OTB

4. Analyzing your games—both wins and losses—so you learn from your mistakes and do not repeat them

An important piece of advice for newcomers is to avoid playing too much bullet, blitz, and rapid. It may be fun, but it is a very inefficient way to learn. It is much better to study general principles, play over games of masters to see how the principles are applied, and then try to implement them in your own games.

mikewier

And to answer your question, players with IM potential can reach 1800 in one year. Players with NM potential can reach 1800 in two years. Players with CM potential can reach 1800 in three years. And other players may take longer or never reach 1800.

mikewier

The Daily ratings are extremely unreliable. Ratings can only be accurate when all players compete under standardized conditions. Some people who play Daily games use databases and engines while others do not. Some make their moves instantly while others take a long time. Some play the games to study and learn while others play for fun. 

The most accurate ratings are for OTB chess played using classical time controls.

BigChessplayer665
SnapesSoulmate wrote:

Just approximately.

ELO/Fide

Depends on the person give or take 7 months to a couple years if your talking about fida (or about 1900-2100 blitz ) probably closer to a year or three it took about 8 months (I started around 1200-1400 ish )

Snowchlobe

sometimes never! the op asked this in 2014 and is still 300 rated.

BigChessplayer665

True

LOSTATCHESS

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randomchessguy555

It totally depends. There's no set progression time