one would assume that you have to be a genius to become an GM
how to become Gm
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Good genetics and start at chess in early childhood. A GM told me that it takes 2500 hours to improve from 1300 uscf to 1800 uscf and then its about 2500 more hours to 2000 raiting. At a 2700+ raiting it takes 2500 hours to just go up 50 points of study. He also said 80% study 20% play.
GM Gareve #93 in the world right now.
You might want to also give up everything else in life and quit your job since chess will run your life.
Its easier to become a president or king than chess Grandmaster 
Who would have "thunk it," someone finding humor insulting or obnoxious.
Call the authorities, and let's make them pay.
Time for a free chess army, instead of FSA?
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sakeththth123 wrote:
how pellik you could post like ....."snakesbelly wrote...."
please tell
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bastiaan wrote:
sakeththth123 wrote:
how pellik you could post like ....."snakesbelly wrote...."
please tell
in each comment "box" you can click on quote (top right corner), which will include the text as a quote
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stoppeltje wrote:
To work hard... really hard and even then you have to work harder
Nah. It's more about talent than work. You think an 8 year old Paul Morphy was destroying adults because he studied hard? You think a 14 year old Fischer was playing 20 blindfolded games at once against masters and winning them all because of hard work?
A lot of the greatest players were child prodigies. Fischer, Morphy, Kasparov, etc. All of them roflstomped adults when they were in diapers. You can't teach that no more than you can teach the average Joe to become Mozart (another child prodigy).
To reach the top of the top (world champion), you have to study regardless of how talented you are, but without talent you will never make it.
So, people need to stop worrying about asking "how to become GM's." If you have to ask, you wont make it. Most of the best GM's were already GM's in their teens.
chronomatic wrote:
stoppeltje wrote:
To work hard... really hard and even then you have to work harder
Nah. It's more about talent than work. You think an 8 year old Paul Morphy was destroying adults because he studied hard? You think a 14 year old Fischer was playing 20 blindfolded games at once against masters and winning them all because of hard work?
A lot of the greatest players were child prodigies. Fischer, Morphy, Kasparov, etc. All of them roflstomped adults when they were in diapers. You can't teach that no more than you can teach the average Joe to become Mozart (another child prodigy).
To reach the top of the top (world champion), you have to study regardless of how talented you are, but without talent you will never make it.
So, people need to stop worrying about asking "how to become GM's." If you have to ask, you wont make it. Most of the best GM's were already GM's in their teens.
I've made statements like this many times, but am always called crazy by the would be WCs rated about 1500 or so who think they would have been GMs if they had studied a bit more. ;)
thanks for the replies!!!!
sakeththth123 wrote:
thanks for the replies!!!!
Not GM yet. But you learned how to quote! 
netzach wrote:
Not GM yet. But you learned how to quote!
cause its easy!!!!
chronomatic wrote:
stoppeltje wrote:
To work hard... really hard and even then you have to work harder
Nah. It's more about talent than work. You think an 8 year old Paul Morphy was destroying adults because he studied hard? You think a 14 year old Fischer was playing 20 blindfolded games at once against masters and winning them all because of hard work?
A lot of the greatest players were child prodigies. Fischer, Morphy, Kasparov, etc. All of them roflstomped adults when they were in diapers. You can't teach that no more than you can teach the average Joe to become Mozart (another child prodigy).
To reach the top of the top (world champion), you have to study regardless of how talented you are, but without talent you will never make it.
So, people need to stop worrying about asking "how to become GM's." If you have to ask, you wont make it. Most of the best GM's were already GM's in their teens.
You're right, but this thread is not about becomming WC it's just about earning the GM title. Which I think can be done by the average human (~110 IQ). Ofc it will take alot of effort and time, but it's not impossible.
Damn it, I barely missed an N,M.