Question For young(u18 or so) titled players or young expert-level otb players

Yeah ill get extremely lucky if even one titled player responds lol.

Anyways I want to know what young players did to reach a top level. Do you have to commit your entire life when you are young in order to reach a top level? How much studying is needed to reach the elite/expert otb level?

i think there are several masters having amas in forums, take a look there and ask them

Age: go check out my profile and blogs.

Rating: 2700 online, 2000+ USCF

Strategy: play games. Lots of games. For a while, all I did was play games, until I got to 1800-1900 online. From there, I needed to review my games and practice puzzles and stuff, but for the most part my training has consisted of only games.

(16, ~2050 USCF)

As the above comment says, a lot of what you should probably be doing is playing.

If you go to the USCF website and look at the top player lists for ages 18 and under, you’ll find that a lot of the kids at or near the top of their age group are from New York. A majority of them live in (or very close to) NYC, and play at the Marshall Chess Club, which gives them very strong tournaments to play in multiple times a week. This allows them to play extremely often, and they gain the experience and knowledge necessary to improve quickly.

Of course, not everyone will have such an advantage, but playing a lot of online games can work well too. Playing is the best way to gain experience, and that, from my experience, is much of what you need to get better. Analyzing your games afterwards is very important as well.

As far as studying goes, it depends on what you need work on. Tactics are always great to stay sharp, but you’re already at a strong level and studying other aspects are important as well at this level. Do you struggle with positional aspects? Do you get bad positions out of the opening very often? Are endgames difficult? Whatever you feel you struggle with the most, focus most of your studying time on finding the issues with it and fixing them.

Number 2 sounds the best

Also, in OTB chess, preparing for your opponents can be highly beneficial if you know what they play or can find previous games from them. Preparing lines before the game will help avoid getting into positions you are unfamiliar with early, and you can make sure you know what you’re doing to get into a good position.

I largely credit preparing for my opponents as what got me out of my 2.5-year plateau in the 16-1700s USCF.

Number 2 is the best option

I lwky read luck as a different word..

Wydm?

maybe like 67 minutes a day study