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What's the best way to become a chess prodigy as an adult?
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I would say that you need to have an innate talent for chess - I don't think you can exactly become a chess prodigy unless you train really really really hard.
Change the definition of "chess prodigy" or "adult."
angrybirdstar wrote:
I would say that you need to have an innate talent for chess - I don't think you can exactly become a chess prodigy unless you train really really really hard.
Exactly. I read somewhere that you need to train daily for a number of hours for 10 years to become a GrandMaster if you don't have an innate talent for chess.
Elubas wrote:
Change the definition of "chess prodigy" or "adult."
Lucky for some of us that 'adult' alrady has a pretty flexible definition. 
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Is it possible as an adult? Ummm, nope. Not prodigy as we've come to know the term.
Term limits are not always good. Sometimes there are other connotations.
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Is it possible as an adult? Ummm, nope. Not prodigy as we've come to know the term.
I always thought 'prodigy' involved some innate ability.
This, of course, does not mean an adult can't have an undiscoved innate ability.
I think it is highly unlikely someone will find a prodigy like innate ability so late in life. But, hey, who knows. Maybe 20 is the new 5.
kleelof wrote:
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Is it possible as an adult? Ummm, nope. Not prodigy as we've come to know the term.
I always thought 'prodigy' involved some innate ability.
This, of course, does not mean an adult can't have an undiscoved innate ability.
I think it is highly unlikely someone will find a prodigy like innate ability so late in life. But, hey, who knows. Maybe 20 is the new 5.
One sure fire way is, after you open your presents on your birthday, tell people you're gifted.
Knightly_News wrote:
kleelof wrote:
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Is it possible as an adult? Ummm, nope. Not prodigy as we've come to know the term.
I always thought 'prodigy' involved some innate ability.
This, of course, does not mean an adult can't have an undiscoved innate ability.
I think it is highly unlikely someone will find a prodigy like innate ability so late in life. But, hey, who knows. Maybe 20 is the new 5.
One sure fire way is, after you open your presents on your birthday, tell people you're gifted.
I'm re-gifted.
Actually, LSD might make you a prodigy at chess.
Its scientific fact.
good luck
Would that be lsd 25 clinical? I need to know I want
To go beat short playing the hippo in 3 min games.
Do you know the definition of a prodigy?
prod·i·gy
(prŏd′ə-jē)
n. pl. prod·i·gies
1. A person with exceptional talents or powers: a math prodigy.
2. An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder: "The Spies performed
prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers
that fluttered from thechimneys" (George Orwell).
3. Archaic A portentous sign or event; an omen.
You cannot train to be talented in something. You either are it or not.
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I believe that an adult can achieve success at chess, if this is what you are asking. I have come to realize that the reason some young children can play chess so well that they become masters at very young ages is because not having read books they simply look at the board and try to figure out what is going on and they then make their moves based on that rather than trying to memorize thousands of opening variations, patterns or general principles. I have tried taking more time to study the board, looking at the candidate moves and deciding which is best and not worrying so much what this book says and that book says and I have been able to improve my chess play. My game has improved although it is still not at prodigious levels.
To the OP: I don't know if you can, but the only way to find out is by trying. I talk about my attempt to get good at an old age here:
http://becomingachessmaster.com/about/
If the OP were willing to essentially give up his adult life and live in a laboratory, I'm sure operant conditioning inside a human size Skinner box could work wonders. Oh it would probably drive you a little insane, but great accomplishment sometimes requires sacrifice.
baddogno wrote:
If the OP were willing to essentially give up his adult life and live in a laboratory, I'm sure operant conditioning inside a human size Skinner box could work wonders. Oh it would probably drive you a little insane, but great accomplishment sometimes requires sacrifice.
Interesting...
you don't
VyboR wrote:
Do you know the definition of a prodigy?
prod·i·gy(prŏd′ə-jē)
n. pl. prod·i·gies
1. A person with exceptional talents or powers: a math prodigy.
2. An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder: "The Spies performed
prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers
that fluttered from thechimneys" (George Orwell).
3. Archaic A portentous sign or event; an omen.
You cannot train to be talented in something. You either are it or not.
You need a better dictionary. OED:
prodigy: "person endowed with surprising qualities or abilities..."
It would be v. surprising if Knightly became a GM in ten years, and I'd call him a prodigy if he did it.
Here's an article showing that prodigies can indeed be adult:
http://thetalentcode.com/2014/08/27/24-rules-for-becoming-an-adult-prodigy/
If there's some way I can become a chess prodigy at this stage of the game I'd like to know. Any suggestions?