Anyone can become a grandmaster if they just devote an hour per day for a year or so. But i just love Frazier reruns, and cannot find the time!
Yeah if they're Capablanca. Only an hour a day for a year will get most people up to class D probably.
Because GrandMaster is just a DREAM, And I never take this dream seriously. Lack of motivation in short.
Dreaming is the second leading cause of losing behind carelessness.
Anyone can become a grandmaster if they just devote an hour per day for a year or so. But i just love Frazier reruns, and cannot find the time!
Yeah if they're Capablanca. Only an hour a day for a year will get most people up to class D probably.
That actually sounds about right.
Because, I was raised a poor black child...
(If you recognize the movie this comes from, you might be about as old as I am. )
The Jerk :-)
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Haha this is perfect
Because I care more about my family and my job than chess. Chess is a great game ... but it isn't my life!
I think it is a stimulating, thought provoking question. At the moment I am working on other things and so play chess as recreation.
Back in the old Soviet Union it was worth the effort to become a Grandmaster. Now, unless you write and teach on top of it, I doubt you make a ton of money unless you are one of the top 2-3 players. I think the Soviets used to take care of their top chess players with nice houses, drivers, travel to tournaments, etc. Obviously the question at the start of this thread is ridiculous anyway, but if you can time travel back to communist Russia I seriously think you should consider becoming a Grandmaster. In America, its more profitable to be Grandmaster Flash.
How sad is it that Russia supports chess...and as you stated takes care of there chess players. Here in the USA we actually talk about things like teaching ebonics...and then wonder why we are falling behind the rest of the world.
Here in the USA we actually talk about things like teaching ebonics...
Is it 1994 already? If we're going back to the early 90's, I want to be Grandmaster B.
bcuz i don't want chess to destroy my social life
The same reason why I did not become a rockstar:
Talent
Dedication
Started too late
Becoming a GM is serious stuff, you could play all your life and you will still not get there.
Bcuz I don't want to have to play chess 10 hours everyday.
I want to know why you; the person reading this forum is not a Grand Master. Because if you have a chess.com account you obviously care about chess and want to do well at it. So why are you not a master?
Coz ..i have a life to enjoy. :)
too busy eating and watching movies
Because, I was raised a poor black child...
(If you recognize the movie this comes from, you might be about as old as I am.
)