IS 25 too old to become a titled player?

Today ? Probably not.Existing younger players w/ tech. says it would be a long, uphill climb. Maybe 40 years ago there was a good chance....getting past 14/1900 rated players today is going to be hard,very hard as in many cases they seek the same tittles and have vast book knowledge. If u have some existing ability (checkers, go) W/ board games and a math backround it counts toward your goal.I give u credit for seeking a tittle but mountain climbing,poker, would be alot easier......good luck

Thanks guys, just wondering. Regardless of obtaining a title I plan to continue to pursue improving my chess.

Blackburne started at the age of 18 from what I've heard.

Chigorin started to take chess seriously at the age of 24 and was one of the top players in the world at the end of the 19th century. So unless you want to say that one of the top world players at the end of the 19th century is weaker than a today national master, the answer is an unequivocal yes.

I'm 56 and I confidently expect to break 2200 (online) within a year.

Good luck i hope you do strike a blow for us old guys, but i am trying to break 2200 OTB not on-line

can i become titled i am 14 and my rating is 1490 FIDE i am asking this because it is difficult to go uphill with an established rating

A better question might be: Are you going to spend 10 years of vigorous study for a title? Or because you like chess?

Your rating isn't bad at all for your age, quite the opposite. But yours is a difficult age- you have to combine your school studies with chess studies, and school studies in Greece for players of your age are stupidly complex- can I say paranoid?

Chigorin learned the moves at age 16 but didnt become serious before he was 24.

I live in the back-woods of New Brunswick... so unless I can teach the bears to play chess (and get them rated by the Canadian Chess Federation) I'm a not really in a position to pick up the points OTB.

hey ! Don't spoil it for me. 76 & still hopping.

NM yes, FM maybe, higher would be really fantastic ! (and probably a first starting at your age)

Well done.... good luck.

I speak from experience when I say that 2000 here is 1970 USCF.

I speak from experience when I say that 1987 here is 2130 USCF.   I'm trying to get red letters at 24, I don't see why not 25.

I have seen people  become GM's at age 60!  like Larry Kaufman. It's never to old to become a title player my friend.

I speak from experience when I say 1840 online here is 1694 USCF.

More seriously, I dont think they are commensurable. Your online score depends very much on how much time you spend per move. Do you break out a board, and move the pieces around, and take 30-60 minutes on a move? Or do you look at the screen for a minute and pick something that looks ok? Do you keep to under 5 games, or do you play 35 at a time?

I started online as training for OTB games, to solve a particular problem: a tendency to move in OTB without adequately considering opponent responses. I figured online was a good way to punish me over and over until I became more careful. And I stay away from blitz because that only encourages what I am trying to avoid.

Online ratings are inflated. That's just how it works. I could be 2000+ easily if I was that interested in it, but in reality I'm 1900 OTB.