I'm starting chess at 50 years old and just learned the moves can I still be world champ???
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I want to be oldest chess champion can I do it!!1!!!1!11!
Jun 29, 2017
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sorry but there's a mis-type in the title let me correct that.
I'm starting chess at 05 years old and just learned the moves can I still be world champ???
Jun 29, 2017
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dylpill999 wrote:
I want to be oldest chess champion can I do it!!1!!!1!11!
Yes...next question.
Sure, if you don't succeed you can always get exiled to Iceland.
Jun 29, 2017
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No. In order to become an elite player you need to start rigorous training from the moment you are born. Preferably you will need to have the chess pieces surgically implanted inside the womb to get a head start.
Jun 29, 2017
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It's not likely. Of course, there's the guy who struggled with and gave up on piano when young, was struck by lightning around age 40, and could play at concert level afterward.
So don't give up - but be prepared to have fun without a chess title!
Jun 29, 2017
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MickinMD wrote:
It's not likely. Of course, there's the guy who struggled with and gave up on piano when young, was struck by lightning around age 40, and could play at concert level afterward.
So don't give up - but be prepared to have fun without a chess title!
OK, I'm gonna start hanging around outside during thunderstorms, waving a couple of golf clubs in the air! What could possibly go wrong? 
Jun 29, 2017
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MickinMD wrote:
It's not likely. Of course, there's the guy who struggled with and gave up on piano when young, was struck by lightning around age 40, and could play at concert level afterward.
So don't give up - but be prepared to have fun without a chess title!
Nice story, sounds a little exaggerated though
Jun 29, 2017
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Going by the story i have a feeling that a snake bite would be just right to make you a GM.
Who knows whether you can be a champion? Just play and enjoy it. Read books - it will make you better.
Jun 29, 2017
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ah for cryin out loud, another "I started X years ago can I still be WCH" thread.... NO YOU CANNOT- the fact that you are even asking this question disqualifies you bigly from ever succeeding in at that endeavour
Considering your trolling skills, no, you will continue to fail at everything in life.
See, there are two kinds of people in this world: those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
You dig.
Well, let me answer this question in 12 or 24 months. If you broke 2300 ELO FIDE instantly I still would not bet my money on you - but it might show some serious and, at least, some talent.
If you lack both, the chances of ending up as a troll in some forum could be eventually higher - at least you come up as a kind of "Eddy the Eagle" in a C-players-category...
fuzzbug wrote:
Considering your trolling skills, no, you will continue to fail at everything in life.
See, there are two kinds of people in this world: those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
You dig.
lol, best reply so far.