Why getting GM title is not possible at the age 30+? Is it a fact?

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whos nigel davies

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GM_fishys wrote:

whos nigel davies

A big and clever gnat Smile

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varelse1 wrote:

"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe." – Indian proverb

"I might add that if a gnat studies in the right way, he may eventually become an elephant." – Nigel Davies

 i always thought it was chess is a sea were a gnat may bath and an elephant may drown

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It's definitely "a gnat may drink". There's even a book named after the saying...

http://www.amazon.com/Gnat-May-Drink-Annotated-ebook/dp/B00BSYDYQE

I have to say, I am tickled by the image of a gulping gnat.

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josephcow55 wrote:

My friend is 10 (like me) and he has a IQ of 148 and is in calculus

Oh yeah?  Well, my IQ is 178 and I'm in analysis!

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Well my name's Peter Gabriel and I'm in Genesis.

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TheGrobe wrote:

Well my name's Peter Gabriel and I'm in Genesis.

My names Caine and I'm in the Book of Genesis.

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You can get better money by becoming a software engineer.

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You can get better money by becoming a Lionel engineer.

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varelse1 wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:

Well my name's Peter Gabriel and I'm in Genesis.

My names Caine and I'm in the Book of Genesis.

Remember the Ark? Yeah, well I built that, actually.

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The guy who built the ark ended up as a drunk. Sorry to hear that about you, T-Misha.

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SmyslovFan wrote:

The guy who built the ark ended up as a drunk. Sorry to hear that about you, T-Misha.

He became a "streetbum" actually

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Shadowknight911 wrote:

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis - when I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this.

Biggie? That you?

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JamesCoons wrote:

If you study chess for 30 hours a day for the next ten years then the GM title should be no trouble at all. For those who say you can't study 30 hours a day, Its difficult to study 30 hours a day but not totally impossible. You just need to be on a jet traveling west. By the time you get to be GM you will have logged a lot of frequent flyer miles.

There's only 24 hours in a day.... how can you study chess for "30 hours a day" lol

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Viru1003 wrote:
JamesCoons wrote:

If you study chess for 30 hours a day for the next ten years then the GM title should be no trouble at all. For those who say you can't study 30 hours a day, Its difficult to study 30 hours a day but not totally impossible. You just need to be on a jet traveling west. By the time you get to be GM you will have logged a lot of frequent flyer miles.

There's only 24 hours in a day.... how can you study chess for "30 hours a day" lol

Its possible.

But only if you do it eight days a week.

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BabyRhinoRainbow wrote:

I don't think anyone with genius IQ would waste their life mastering a board game :p

 

Funny... Whenever I'm playing chess, I'm doing it because I want to do it rather than anything else, because I'm having so much fun doing it.  Funny how you would call that a "waste of time".

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scubeknight2 wrote:

Hi,

Been Playing chess from my college days [ I mean friendly matches] and was serious on settling in Engineering career. Now after that (at the age of 32) playing serious chess [tournaments in clubs] and of course dreaming about getting GM title. Why getting GM is not possible at this age? Is it a impossible thing? If not so how much minimum time and effort one should put on daily basis towards that goal? [including theory and practice]. How the time is shared among the Theory and Practical games?

sounds like spamton ngl

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IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE, AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION, DO YOU?

YOU CAN DO IT!

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You can also look like Arnold Swarzenegger. IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE, AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION, DO YOU? YOU CAN DO IT!