Starting to be interested in chess as an adult and how to reach 2000 blitz?

For what it's worth, I am more impressed by a 2000 rating in classical OTB chess than an online 2000 blitz rating.

I mean of course, everyone would be. Doesn't mean 2000 isnt a tough target online.

if you are going to take the path of self-education, then i would suggest making a routine with a fixed amount of time and maybe even goal for a day. make it so you can be sure to follow it everyday without missing, but also try to exceed it whenever you can. so the first rule should be i should not miss a single day of training, the second rule should be i will exceed my training quota whenever i can. with this kind of discipline you should get steady progress.

also, take note that the goals you are trying to achieve ratingwise, are going to take longer than you think, even if you already think it will take a long time. this helps to keep things in perspective, and avoids falling into the expectation of immediate results.

you may find it also challenging to measure progress since you only get a rating change whenever you play a game, not when you study or train. you should play time controls that lets you think about what to do and not rely on your intuition just yet. some 15 minutes or longer. this part of your chess learning up until maybe 1800 or so, should be spent building experience which will in turn hone your intuition which you can use later as you get stronger. for now keep things procedural as much as possible.

ideally, tactics solving should be first. at least 15 minutes. puzzle rush is a good way to go about this. you should keep track of your progress and puzzles where you struggle to get the idea. this will tell you which areas you need to pay more attention to.

another important part of training is basic checkmates. get practice until you can do them without much thinking. qk vs k, rk vs k, bbk vs k, and you could throw in bnk vs k if you're feeling inspired. 

still another is looking over your games (the long time control games) and hopefully you can consult someone stronger about mistakes you made and why you made them, trying to modify your thinking process constantly this way. it is also possible to let an engine point out your mistakes. however, you need to put in more effort in trying to put into words why something is bad and something is good. the upside is that you can easily get an engine from the internet as stockfish is open source. the downside is it may tire you out. i train this way and i have to say it takes a lot of energy. also the conclusions you make are only as good as your understanding, and you may need to get back into your earlier conclusions and revise them as you get stronger.

anyway it is after all just my suggestion. i know it works for i have used it myself, with some harsh modifications along the way, but i also know that there is no single way to improve in chess that is proven to work on everyone every single time. you have to find what works for you by trying it out. i do hope you find it though. best of luck.

How come starting playing chess as an adult make it hard?

Kids are more open to new ideas than adults. Perhaps that is why. Though some people say that if you've learned the game as a kid, even if you weren't that good, if you pick it up as an adult you will progress easier. Still it doesn't mean you can't progress as an adult, it just might be more difficult.

Brain plasticity drops off as you age. It's harder to re-tool your grey matter after puberty.

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Also, says the man with a puzzle rush score of 3.

Maybe I'm an outlier and you probably should take my path with a grain of salt, but my goal is also 2000, and current max was 1820. I did not focus on longer chess as many recommend. Instead I just played lots and lots of blitz, and the learning I did outside that was strictly puzzles or drills (maybe I would have progressed quicker if I followed the common advice, who knows). Hopefully this strategy carries me over the hump. Good luck!

Chess isn’t just tactics too: there’s a psychological component too. As Kasparov said, you have to crush your opponent’s mind. The 36 Stratagems (look it up, it’s really interesting) are great to keep in mind, as much of what can be applied on a battlefield can also be applied OTB. Hide your intentions. Launch feints. Lull them into a false sense of security, then finish them before they have time to react.

There really isn’t a way to learn this part, but you just need to play more and more. Eventually you’ll develop a feel for it.

What do you mean almost 1700?

I don't think it's much harder as an adult...

I started at almost 30, am still 30 and raised 400 points (7 months) without outside help and feel like I'm still improving in leaps... I think if you keep pluggin away wether you're a child or adult you will keep improving.. Just you will have more free time as a kid and a more empty head with lots of space... but as an adult you can instantly understand concepts better and have better critical thinking

Three main reasons

1. Learning new things,

Adult brain has well established communication system inside the brain. Playing good chess requires extensive amount of pattern recognitions.

2.Delearning

It is much harder to delearn bad things in adult than child because of well estimated brain. Chess requires extensive amount of delearning of patterns and decisions during the process of improvement in many levels of chess. A good looking pattern in shallow depth turned out to be bad in higher depth or turned out as bad when you actually play it.

3. Slow thinking . Brain getting slower after around 25. ( In 20-30 age )

I doubt people get slower at as early as 25.

Brain function start to decline after 20s, and in your 30s your brain is significantly slower than your teenage brain at 14 -18.

Which I am living proof of.

Yup, 2000 on all chess sites within 18 months of learning the game, past the age of 40

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