When is it too late to start chess and become a titled master before 18?

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OskarJ2012

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tygxc

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/44599790

This guy started playing in 2017 at age 6, became CM in 2021 age 10, FM and IM in 2022, age 11. So if you start at age 13 you can still reach IM by age 18.

OskarJ2012
tygxc wrote:

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/44599790

This guy started playing in 2017 at age 6, became CM in 2021 age 10, FM and IM in 2022, age 11. So if you start at age 13 you can still reach IM by age 18.

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ChessMasteryOfficial

Understand that becoming a master takes years of dedication. It's a marathon, not a sprint, so patience and persistence are key.

OskarJ2012

I mean I'm 1665 in ecf and I've been playing for 4 years

RakeshMahanti
bobby_max wrote:

8 years old is about the latest you can start and still have any hope. Earlier is better.

He's a troll...