Robert Fischer could not balance his own checkbook !
Fact
Why are people talking about getting a title when they're complete beginners?
Sort:
May 27, 2017
0
#83
59-year-old Akira Haraguchi recited from memory the first 83,431 decimal places of pi, earning a spot in the Guinness World Records.He must have a photographic memory, right? Not so. According to mounting evidence, it's impossible to recall images with near perfect accuracy.Certainly, some people do have phenomenal memories. Chess masters can best multiple opponents while blindfolded. Super card sharks can memorize the order of a shuffled deck of cards in less than a minute. But people with Herculean memories tend to be adept at one specific task—i.e., a person who memorizes cards may be inept at recognizing faces.Alan Searleman, a professor of psychology at St. Lawrence University in New York, says eidetic imagery comes closest to being photographic. When shown an unfamiliar image for 30 seconds, so-called "eidetikers" can vividly describe the image—for example, how many petals are on a flower in a garden scene. They report "seeing" the image, and their eyes appear to scan across the image as they describe it. Still, their reports sometimes contain errors, and their accuracy fades after just a few minutes. Says Searleman, "If they were truly 'photographic' in nature, you wouldn't expect any errors at all."
While people can improve their recall through tricks and practice, eidetikers are born, not made, says Searleman. The ability isn't linked to other traits, such as high intelligence. Children are more likely to possess eidetic memory than adults, though they begin losing the ability after age six as they learn to process information more abstractly.
Although psychologists don't know why children lose the ability, the loss of this skill may be functional: Were humans to remember every single image, it would be difficult to make it through the day.
man, you all amateurs man!
May 27, 2017
0
#86
i remember my games too, the matrix can still glitch and Ican use that to beat magnus....
Can u fly to the northpole by going around antartica?? or is the earth really flat??
May 27, 2017
0
#87
@cherubenjel,
you need to study for 10 years to get a title??
you are above 2000.
here in America, you could already qualify for a CM title.
i had a NM who said I played like a 2200+ and that I could already qualify for a CM title.
my USCF (1794) is still provisional, so it is not my full rating.
i have only played in one tournament.
This is what one of the strong IMs is able to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ygQMw4rBHg
Puts things in perspective, doesn't it? 
May 27, 2017
0
#90
StephenCorelli wrote:
I am probably going to achieve CM by the end of 2017
the better u get the better ur opponents will become .
u shouldnt be overconfident with 1500 rated tactics.
fewlio wrote:
man, you all amateurs man!
You got it right there!
May 27, 2017
0
#92
Lots of people have deluded dreams rather than concentrating on reality,
yeah but reality is boring 
I love you guys
May 27, 2017
0
#94
You all realize this was just a joke?
It was literally a copy+paste of @myratingis1523 's post a while ago, except he only got 38 replies, and so the discussion ended short.
May 27, 2017
0
#95
If it will take me 10 years to be an NM, I'll be very very disappointed.
May 27, 2017
0
#96
You'll hang it up well before then. You're playing only for the points, got something in your head to prove, some insecurity that you're better than others because you can win chess games.
This attitude always comes up short.
May 27, 2017
0
#97
Observe.. just another "joke" thread- something the OP has sworn over and over not to ever do again.
Yet here one is by his admission.
May 27, 2017
0
#98
Reread the title cherub. You're the one talking of getting a title !
LMAO. From the guy who never plays OTB !
you're right, there is a saying that we dislike people similar to us
Cherub_Enjel wrote:
Even a real 1800 USCF knows how much harder they would need to work to get NM title, but you have literal 1200s asking how to get a title when they keep hanging pieces in half of the moves in their games.
I know I would have to study for at least a decade to get a title.
Study for a decade he says. Iv played chess for three years and my OTB rating performances have been over 2000. To make such a blanket statement is utter stupidity and a reflection of your own frustrations.
The same applies for specific athletic abilities.
A few are born with natural talents and specific body types.
Train all you want, you will never run as fast as Bolt or swim as fast as Phelps.