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How many years to become good at this game?
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depends if you like chess or not. if you like chess alot and study and have good discipline, you will be GM within the next few weeks.
May 5, 2022
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Maybe i was wrong. It be closer to 3.14 weeks. Ask @IHaveTHEChessSkill, sounds pretty for sure.
you mean 1899072 seconds?
May 5, 2022
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It might be but i didn’t retain much geometry so, yeah i guess it could be.
That is not an answerable question. But there are characteristics of your situation that can narrow it down.
1. Define "good". You seem to be saying grandmaster.
2. Check your birthdate. The older you are, the longer it will take.
3. Examine your finances. Do you have money for tutoring? For tournament related travel? Can you pay your bills w/o a full time job? The more money you have, the faster you can progress.
4. Check your schedule. The more time/day you can/will devote to chess, the faster you can progress.
5. Understand your level of mental acuity. The smarter you are, the faster you can progress.
So...if you're 10 years old and your wealthy and incredibly supportive/demanding caregiver(s) hire tutors for your education, and top notch chess coaches, and let/force you to play in every tournament in the surrounding 1000 miles....3 years should do it.
At the other extreme, if you're 40, with a full time job, and you move your lips when you read.... you may wanna redefine "good".
RussPlaysBad wrote:
That is not an answerable question. But there are characteristics of your situation that can narrow it down.
1. Define "good". You seem to be saying grandmaster.
2. Check your birthdate. The older you are, the longer it will take.
3. Examine your finances. Do you have money for tutoring? For tournament related travel? Can you pay your bills w/o a full time job? The more money you have, the faster you can progress.
4. Check your schedule. The more time/day you can/will devote to chess, the faster you can progress.
5. Understand your level of mental acuity. The smarter you are, the faster you can progress.
So...if you're 10 years old and your wealthy and incredibly supportive/demanding caregiver(s) hire tutors for your education, and top notch chess coaches, and let/force you to play in every tournament in the surrounding 1000 miles....3 years should do it.
At the other extreme, if you're 40, with a full time job, and you move your lips when you read.... you may wanna redefine "good".
ignore this guy, it takes approximately 4.8369028729202802736 years
LOL
Wits-end wrote:
It will take you exactly 3.14 years ‘cuz that be the perfect number.
That is not a perfect number. If you want a perfect number then it would be either 6 (could be years) or 28 (could be years) or 496 (switch to months) or 8128 (switch to days) or 33550336 (switch to minutes or seconds) or 8589869056 (maybe milliminutes) or 137438691328 (maybe milliseconds).
May 5, 2022
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#13
jetoba wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
It will take you exactly 3.14 years ‘cuz that be the perfect number.
That is not a perfect number. If you want a perfect number then it would be either 6 (could be years) or 28 (could be years) or 496 (switch to months) or 8128 (switch to days) or 33550336 (switch to minutes or seconds) or 8589869056 (maybe milliminutes) or 137438691328 (maybe milliseconds).
Look man, you don’t even know if it switches to minutes or seconds and then some maybes. You’re better off sticking with 3.14 like ‘ol Wits tells ya. Or maybe it’s 4.13, maybe.
Wits-end wrote:
jetoba wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
It will take you exactly 3.14 years ‘cuz that be the perfect number.
That is not a perfect number. If you want a perfect number then it would be either 6 (could be years) or 28 (could be years) or 496 (switch to months) or 8128 (switch to days) or 33550336 (switch to minutes or seconds) or 8589869056 (maybe milliminutes) or 137438691328 (maybe milliseconds).
Look man, you don’t even know if it switches to minutes or seconds and then some maybes. You’re better off sticking with 3.14 like ‘ol Wits tells ya. Or maybe it’s 4.13, maybe.
3.14 is a (in one sense of the term) round number (and many people like round numbers) but it is not a perfect number. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_number
May 5, 2022
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Chuck639 wrote:
ninjaswat wrote:
years of what?
Unit of measurement.
I played ~500 rapid games last year.
Another kid played over 2000 and hit 2100 starting from 200.
There are different ways one can spend a year.
Henceforth there are different times one must take to "get good"
Being serious for a sec, years mean different things to different people.
OP has had his account from 2018, and have played 22 games.
I have had my account since 2021, and have played 3k games.
he’s been playing chess for more years. So he’d be better, right? Not necessarily, which is why “years” isn’t a very good measurement of time in this case.
Pls im trying to become gm