Top-secret method for chess improvement that THEY don't want you to know about!
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Most important post on this website for everyone to see. Thanks for this insightful piece of wisdom, and good luck to those who plan on following his advice!
LikeButterz wrote:
PrestigiousEclipse wrote:
LikeButterz wrote:
What the hell is an "FM" that's like the lowest title you can get and you are trying to be clever? What a joke!
Even being a master is pretty good.... and its not the lowest
Anyone can be an NM or FM. Nobody takes them serious. I've seen GMs and IMs laugh at them.
Bullshit. I am a supertalent, and Nm is definitively to hard for me, even if work hard every day. The newest FM in my club(FM Andreas Garberg Tryggestad) is an extraordinary talent and he has worked hard for years, even had many GM -lessons. I think he competed for at least 8 years, and many of them as one of the three most active tournament- players in Norway before he finally reached Fm at the age of 14. The second newest FM in my club, FM Johannes Haug. He opened the Norwegian championship against GM Kjetil Lie. If Lie did laugh its only because he is a very fine man with an excellent sense of humour. Johannes won.
So true, that secret to success is work hard and get results. I love it.
Jul 7, 2017
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Work, and a bit of aptitude. Work alone isn't enough. I've known intelligent people who worked hard at chess who never broke 2000.
Jul 7, 2017
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logozar wrote:
Maybe they worked at it the wrong way.
Maybe. Maybe not.
I've known Ph.Ds in math, in languages, in music, and other professional teachers who worked hard at the game but never broke 2000. I've known successful business people and lawyers who also never got that far in chess.
These are smart people who know how to study and learn.
I think it's disrespectful to the thousands upon thousands of players who did work hard at the game but never broke 2000 to suggest that they just needed a different approach.
sea_of_trees wrote:
chuddog wrote:
Now that I have assuaged the most frequent concerns, I hope some of you will give this controversial method a try. It may feel weird at first, but stick with it, and you will see that it really produces results.
Good luck, and thank you for your attention.
People and their fancy university words.
It depends on how they pronounce it. I've heard it pronounced three different ways. Which makes me wonder which university they each went to.
Jul 7, 2017
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SmyslovFan wrote:
I've known Ph.Ds in math, in languages, in music, and other professional teachers who worked hard at the game but never broke 2000. I've known successful business people and lawyers who also never got that far in chess.
These are smart people who know how to study and learn.
There isn't much time to devote to chess when one has a full-time career.
This is why most strong adult players developed their chess skills in their youth—when they didn't have the responsibilities of a profession, a spouse, and kids to raise . . .
SmyslovFan wrote:
logozar wrote:
Maybe they worked at it the wrong way.
Maybe. Maybe not.
I've known Ph.Ds in math, in languages, in music, and other professional teachers who worked hard at the game but never broke 2000. I've known successful business people and lawyers who also never got that far in chess.
These are smart people who know how to study and learn.
I think it's disrespectful to the thousands upon thousands of players who did work hard at the game but never broke 2000 to suggest that they just needed a different approach.
I think I blew my chances for breaking 2000 when I still unrated quit chess at the age of 15 and mostly stayed away from chess in 37 years, but 1800 is possible (my talent is clearly far above normal). All the 2000s I know are very strong, clearly above the normal. Those IMs and GMs that says that thle average player can reach 2000 if they follow their coaching-program are not normal people. They are above normally talented, and probably are selling in their coaching business.
All fiderated players I`ve ever played are far above normally talented. Its people with talents so huge that they choose to compete in chess. Normal people dont show up in the chess-clubs. They play football , looks on television , or does something else. Those active (which all are talented) players have 2000-potential if they are young, resourceful and dedicated enough.
Who's they?
Very good chuddog
rileydabozo wrote:
Most important post on this website for everyone to see. Thanks for this insightful piece of wisdom, and good luck to those who plan on following his advice!
Thank you for the compliment, I appreciate it.
But... we want the magical method that will make us GM in two weeks! 
PaullHutchh wrote:
It's like with anything you try and get good at. It just takes time.
The big secret of getting really good: Keep on going, and never quit. In Norway we have many strong kids heading for IM and GM. Thr big question is: Will they continue their hard work, of will they quit or slow down if they get a job, a wife, or something else that eats their time?
Love the OP's point here! People have asked on these forums if 1/2 per day - on the bus to work - is enough to lead to Grandmaster status!
THINK about it. Whether it's piano, football/soccer, basketball, dance, mathematics, accounting, etc. 1/2 hr/day is a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed to excel.
And I love the "secret method" parody! ANY time I see someone pandering a "secret method" to get better at stock market investing, music, sports, etc., I know it's a scam. All of those things require "DD," as we stock market Graham-Buffett Value Investing disciples say: "Due Diligence." You not only have to put in the work no matter how smart/talented you are, you have to do it with a careful plan and execution in order to succeed.