Is 23 years old too old to start if I want to reach a "good" lvl in chess?

Hi, to start with, for "good" I don't mean master lvl or above, but something like a class A player. 

Now, I say "class A" player from a position of ignorance, I just read that the difference between a class A and a master and above is huge.

I am 23 years old and never really cared about chess, but lately I've been contemplating the idea of learning how to play, I have no desire to reach the "top" of the chess skill lvl because I know that even for people who start really young only the minority of players get to master or above, but if can't even reach a somewhat good lvl then I would prefer to spend my time in other things.

If it matters, I don't have a whole lot of time because of studies and other hobbies, but I usually spend a lot of time reading for pleasure, time that I could spend studying chess "seriously".

To add, I just want to know if it's possible, because even if it is I don't know if I'll get to that lvl or if I'll just get bored or just simply won't have the "talent" for it. 

So TL;DR: Can someone become a "class A" player starting to learn the game in their twenties?

I started in my twenties. I remember feeling that the 1300 level was insanely difficult.

Now I'm in my thirties and 2200+.

So yes, it's entirely doable. But you get out of it what you put into it. If you just play, play, play, without any study or review, the improvement will be slow.

The trick is to find a balance between playing, reviewing, and studying, so that you're doing all three in at least equal measures.

Exactly!

For sure. Improvement may be more difficult to come by but it is definitely possible.

As someone once said, "Age is disguise". When people say that if you start older than the excepted and accepted age in the community of chess and you can't play, that is of course not true. Take George Salwe for instance, the second-ranked player in all of Poland, he played his first tournament at 42 (quora.com). So yes, you can start at age 23, it doesn't even matter.

Its 100% possible (as someone has already attested to earlier in the thread).

If you really want to do it, you should start working hard as soon as possible - the longer you drift along, plateau, develop bad habits without correcting them and so on, the harder it will be. But, it's definitely do-able. Good luck

I think is quite late, but if you have time to study, it is possible to get your goals.

I started in my 20s, and made it as far as 1770 USCF rating, so nearly class A. And from playing guys rated up to the low 2000's, I could tell I was within striking distance of catching up to them in playing strength.

Then life got busy, I stopped playing for a couple of years, and came back rusty (multiple times over the last 10 years), so I haven't gotten back to my peak playing strength yet. But despite being in my 40s now, I do believe that breaking 1800, maybe even 2000, is an attainable lifetime chess goal for me.

Class A is 1800-1999 USCF rating, which probably translates to around 2000 rating on Chess.com.

I think this is definitely achievable for anyone starting chess in their 20s.

Boy i remember in vegas in june 2019, i saw class A 40 year olds