How many hours to reach 2000 blitz elo?

Hey, the inverse bell curve isn't known as the standard distribution for nothing.  It's the standard.  'nuf said.

This question reminds me of the Chinese parents who come to me, pulling out a wad of hundreds saying "How much will it cost for him to be 2000?".

Chess improvement depends on a lot of things such as talent, workload, distractions, influences etc.

The VAST majority of chess players never get close to 2000 with the average player somewhere around 1500.

That being said, I think if you KILL distractions, arent influenced by the wrong people's advice and study daily...plus stay in good physical shape (this DOES make a big difference), you should be able to get there within 2-3 years if you're an adult and possible much quicker if you're still young.

Getting a coach will also accelerate your improvement dramatically, but again...shop around in this area aswell to avoid duds.

Good luck and enjoy your chess. 

By the way guys...

In my experience, going from 1000-1500 is a piece of cake, while going from 1500-1800 requires the same work as before but more experience in tournament play and thorough study of your games.

Going from 1800-2000 is harder than the above and requires a real commitment and sacrifice plus tons of tournament experience.

Again it all depends on level of talent, age, distractions, capacity for hard work etc.

I'm surprised how few people seem to be able to tell that shellknight is being sarcastic given how glaringly obvious it is.  Thank you shellknight, if it weren't for irony, sarcasm, and cynicism, life would not be worth living.

What is your definition of tons of tournament experience ?  I think the OP is asking about 2000 blitz rating and possibly even online while it seems you are talking about OTB play , am I wrong ? 

Well...yep I see your point.

However, I do think that the blitz ratings on chess.com do correlate quite well with FIDE and especially USCF (known to be a little inflated abroad).

And we are still studying CHESS right? Not "internet chess"... Chess is chess.

If he wants to play blitz at a 2000 level, of course he'll need tons of experience (You Reb, are an experienced NM and still 100 points shy of 2000 blitz)

The "tournament" part can kind of be overcome with online games, but nothing can really match the stress and tension of sitting opposite a guy who is trying to beat you, looking at the clock, than back to the position, then your opponent (who seems cool, calm and collected).

This is priceless experience for fast improvement IMO.

I must admit though that I was already around 1700 level before I played my first tournament, all from playing online and studying a lot.

You're from Melbourne mate, thats the chess capital of Australia! 

the higher the tougher and the slower

My current otb blitz rating is 2205 ( uscf ) and I consider otb ratings to be both more accurate and more important than online ratings for several reasons . My highest blitz rating on ICC has been over 2500 some years back . On chess.com I seem to have more problems with lag than on ICC so I play most of my online blitz there .  You still didnt answer my question as to your definition of " tons of tournament experience "  ?  A dozen tournaments ?  50  tournaments ?  what time control or do you count ? several ?  Does online count too ?  You say chess is chess but the truth is that there are some critical differences between OTB and online chess

Not sure if that applies to blitz and/or rapid chess which FIDE only recently started rating . I think you refer to classic time controls perhaps and there I tend to agree .  However , my best uscf rating was 2278 and my best FIDE rating was 2245 so I dont see a whole lot of difference in my own personal experience.  There certainly is not a 200 point difference between them as you suggest . My current fide rating is actually higher than my current uscf rating . 

Excellent advice !  I think the highlighted part would certainly refer to someone like the BYP !  

catkeson: reaching 1200 blitz in three months is not bad, you're probably the kind of guy who will keep improving while playing. You can also try to play slower games (like 15|10 or online games) and CT tactics, it will help you boosting your calculation and making fewer mistakes - the combination blitz / long games is nice. In any case that's all it took to me to get to around 1900 in less than a year.

Thanks

But even I started chess PRETTY late (15) and became reasonably decent, although no genius.

But I can say that even at the very very start, I would have been smart enough to take BYP's words with more than a grain of salt...

If your (a learner, not you Reb ) intelligence is so limited that you ONLY study him (in a connected world with information EXPLOSION), then you probably have no talent for chess anyway and would hit a wall at 1500 anyway.

Im truly sure that some people are hating on him just for the sake of "cutting down tall poppies"...

Anybody with true talent for chess will bypass him in short order, just by examining OTHER stuff as well and thinking "man that guy's stuff is crap!".

I dunno about you, but I was always studying 3 books at once as a kid, plus some crappy software like Chessmaster 3000.

In this information age, is a beginner really gonna just base their entire learning experience around BYP?

If yes then they probably arent smart enough to become strong anyway and if no, he's doing no harm.

it requires OVER 9000 hours!!

Why would you want to be 2000 on blitz only? I prefer to be 2000 otb, it is more respected it, and some the players who are 2000 blitz are not otb expert, they just are quick with the mouse. Otb expert four to five years, if you are really talented, two to three years.

Pretty excited! Just cracked 1500!

Just made it to 1800!

Made it to 1955 but went back down to 1880 :(

I haven't played otb yet.