What is considered a good rating for certain ages like 15 years old?

 

Wait. You were 2550 USCF at one time?

 

EDIT : I just went and read your page. That's a pretty impressive history.

 

I think this advice is right on the money. Great job coach!

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Well there ARE lots of kids younger then you with a lot higher ratings, and I've met some kids with a chess.com rating of 2000. (Although a significantly lower OTB rating.)

Again I'm not saying you are low for your age- your not. Your doing great. But I don't think you can strive for grandmaster- maybe pick a more reachable goal, like being best at your local chess club (if you have one, if not, look for one, most cities have one hidden away somewhere) or maybe if you really want to aim BIG then try for a smaller master title. (NM, CM, IM.) but only a few thousand people can achieve these.

#16

They don't need a 2500. They need a rating above 1500. I know of at least 3 people under 18 in my tiny city which rarely plays chess who can do that. And you still don't have a plausible rating. 1500 on chess.com could be anywhere between 1100-1800 OTB, and probably on the lower end.

Yes you "beat" 74% of chess.com (including- sandbaggers people who played like one game and then gave up or played say one blitz game, didn't like it, and so just play bullet but have a under-their real score blitz rating, if that makes sense. There are thousands of those)

But to be a GM you HAVE to be in the top 0.5% of chess.com players or HIGHER. and there's probably several THOUSAND people your age or lower higher then you are at the minute, and then there are thousands and thousands and thousands of players who don't have CC accounts.

But I could be wrong. If the only reason your playing chess is to be a GM... Maybe stop. It's like a 15 year old who is in his city soccer team only playing football so he can end up in Man United. Or the best tennis player in a state thinking that they will stop playing tennis unless they make it to the top 100.

Play to enjoy. If you really truly truly truly and completely believe you can get a title... Go for it. But keep in mind your chances of becoming a GM is, although higher then mine, very, very, very slim- if imagine well under 1%..

You would have to quit school and study chess 8 hours a day to be a GM by 30.

The median rating is the starting Elo, it's very easy to get above that. It's very hard to hit gm if you don't hit master title or close to it when you are young. The only reason ur claim about adults might hold up is because there are physically more 18+ than 8-18(younger will not play online or chess at all). Otb is significantly higher competition, since it's more serious and less accessible. From another post it's clear you also 1) are scared of losing(rating) which will only hurt you and 2) are not very independent/committed. Clearly you plainly do not understand the hard work it takes to improve

It does not matter that much where you live. In this day and age there are umteen resources where you can improve your skill levels greatly and so far you have apparently not done this. 

There is no hope for you to become a GM. There is very little hope for you to even reach 2200 for your ultimate best rating. This is reality. You do not understand how the rating system works if you think you can gain 100 points per year for any long period of years.

I was reading some of the comments and I expected the usual pessimism, which although true, isn't very encouraging. Then I read that you started at age 12 and have been playing for 3 years. 

If you started at 12, have been playing for 3 years and currently have a rating of 1500 I would say the people who say how difficult it is for you to become a grandmaster are actually being optimistic. I am guessing it has never been done before in a situation like yours, and likely never will be done. It's as close to an impossible goal as you could probably choose. There is a MUCH higher chance you will visit the moon or win the lottery or get hit by lightning......multiple times......in a closet.

I agree with most everyone else, choose a more realistic goal. One that will make you just as happy or even happier. Chess is a game, not a profession. It's meant for fun, to challenge your friends, to socialize. It's not a career choice because the amount of effort that goes in has almost no chance of producing any worthwhile result.

Also, someone more qualified than me could comment, but if you are only spending 3 hours a day on your goal that's probably further reason to believe becoming a grandmaster will never happen. Starting where you are now, you probably would have to spend 2 to 3 times that much.

Well I never wanted chess as a career. I have another main plan. Chess was a side idea. I only thought grandmaster was easier because I read online that 2500 is grandmaster rating. So I thought a lot of people were lying when they said that I need to be much higher since, even though this is quite far, I'm only a 1000 points away. 1000 points is a far cry but after 10 years or so I thought I'd make that. What rating is grandmaster rating? Maybe I am wrong. I won't be real dissapointed if I don't get GM I just at least want to get good enough to teach chess and stream online with some people actually watching. I never wanted chess at the main though. If I'm wrong then that's fine but as long as I am good enough to be able to teach for a little profit or stream with people watching then I'm good.

Please answer my question. What is grandmaster rating? Because I read online as soon as you hit 2500 you get GM

BTW I mean I thought I'd get GM after 20 years or so. I certainly do not expect GM by 25 years old Lol

 

I think you need to have a bunch of quality tournaments, a norm of 2500 FIDE, and enough money to pay for your title

No, that's not true. It is not based off your rating. You have to play in and finish highly in several tournaments with enough grandmasters and international masters to earn a norm. Read about it on FIDE website.

For a 15 years old I would consider that 2000 is good, I had an student he start playing when he was 13 and enter with me when he was 14 and in one year I put it to 1450, so I cant consider that 1500 is good, I start quite late, when I was 18 years old and in only 1 year I had something like that, so yeah, like 1900 is good for a 15 year old, and I think you can be GM, you only have to dedicate a lot and really want it and fight for it

You'd have to put in an INSANE amount of effort to stand a tiny, tiny, tiny chance of becoming a GM.

and yes, if you did quit school and spent all your time studying chess, you might get to a 10-15% or more chance of being a GM. but that's how much effort it would take to get such a tiny chance of doing so.

Also, when you say a 2500 rating (a few people have already commented on tournaments and the like so I won't cross that bridge again) you have to remember that is an OTB rating. That could be 2700 or 2800 On chess.com.

Anyway, there was some player (can't remember who) who said that getting between (it could have been 2100, but you get the idea) 2000 and 2200 was more difficult then getting from 0-2000

2500 fide. Not chess.com. Chess.com above 1800 blitz tend to be inflated. As you go up its harder to keep increasing your rating. Maybe assume that to get to 100 points more it will take 2x as long (and as much work) as it took to get the previous 100 (obviously this is not accurate), but just calculate it and you will see how crazy it can get.

Chess isn't your only plan, it's just a side idea, and you think you can become a grandmaster?? Even if you devoted your entire life, you had the support of your family (financial support, etc), and had the desire and motivation, it would still be next to impossible. Of course it's possible, but so is winning the lottery 5 times in a row. I think you need to be realistic. You dont need to be a grandmaster to teach chess. By far most chess teachers are not grandmasters. There are only about 1600 grandmasters in the world and every single one of them have a crazy amount of talent. You have been playing for 3 years and say you are at a 1500 rating. I'm sorry, but that's nearly zero talent. If I were you I would choose a much more likely goal, like curing cancer.

FIDE 2650

I try to gain 100 rating points every year. Right now, I am 15 and at 1500 elo.