How many hours did it take to become a Grandmaster? I would like to spend that many hours or as many as are necessary to train to become a Grandmaster. What kind of physical activities did you do on the side as well? I realize that some masters like to make sure that they are physically able in order to keep up with their minds. I don't find the internet's answer of 12,300 hours or 9,400 hours to be reasonable. Do you have recommendations for ways in which I can improve to that playing strength? I am willing to do what you did. I realize that this is better than playing 10 games of chess everyday, analyzing it with the computer for 5 minutes, and then leaving. My current strength on this site is 1600 Rapid and I am playing 10 Classical Games and my Puzzle Strength has been sitting around 2200 for a while. Any comments that I don't have to pay for would be appreciated. I'm really just looking for advice, not training. Accurate advice from people who were at my level would know what to do. I have chessable, and a few courses I paid for. I am very fond of using it to study chess openings. If I can play my game to a tactical position without losing it in the opening, I figure my puzzle rating can be used to my advantage. I don't know openings... Is this question complicated? All I need are 900 more rating points and on this site, I could then be considered a technical master.
Most likely you will never be a GM, and when i said most likely its just to be polite lol
> I don't find the internet's answer of 12,300 hours or 9,400 hours to be reasonable.
Sounds like a very optimistic estimate.
Sounds like a very optimistic estimate.
Can you be Defeated vs Stockfish level 8 and still be a GM?
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/stockfish-14-level-1-to-8-rating
GM: 2500+ so it would seem all you need is to win stockfish 7 and you should in theory be able to reach the GM rating level, but that does not officially make you a GM. @SilentGhost3625
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/stockfish-14-level-1-to-8-rating
GM: 2500+ so it would seem all you need is to win stockfish 7 and you should in theory be able to reach the GM rating level, but that does not officially make you a GM. @SilentGhost3625
@rookiefromthehood said in #2:
> Most likely you will never be a GM, and when i said most likely its just to be polite lol
Well, I'd like to try. I'm not going to say I can't be if others are. So there we go, I'm going to try if I can get advice. Thank you for giving me useless advice.
> Most likely you will never be a GM, and when i said most likely its just to be polite lol
Well, I'd like to try. I'm not going to say I can't be if others are. So there we go, I'm going to try if I can get advice. Thank you for giving me useless advice.
@Toscani said in #4:
> Can you be Defeated vs Stockfish level 8 and still be a GM?
> lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/stockfish-14-level-1-to-8-rating
It is possible to be a Grandmaster if you are still defeated by Stockfish because you are not a computer. This computer has been specialized to calculate everything about the game. To be a master in chess indicates that you don't know everything, but you know much more about chess than other people, and your calculation skills are significantly better than the average person.
> Can you be Defeated vs Stockfish level 8 and still be a GM?
> lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/stockfish-14-level-1-to-8-rating
It is possible to be a Grandmaster if you are still defeated by Stockfish because you are not a computer. This computer has been specialized to calculate everything about the game. To be a master in chess indicates that you don't know everything, but you know much more about chess than other people, and your calculation skills are significantly better than the average person.
I have general interest and I don't believe in telling people information that is statistical. 90% of chess players never improve, but that's probably because they don't try. If you try, you're probably going to become one. Most chess players simply play chess, which is not trying to become a Grandmaster at all.
Stockfish level 7: Fifty moves without progress • Draw
lichess.org/iOC1RM8m/
I seem to do better against an engine than a human.
Toscani
3 inaccuracies
0 mistakes
0 blunders
6 Average centipawn loss
96% Accuracy
Stockfish level 7
4 inaccuracies
0 mistakes
0 blunders
6 Average centipawn loss
96% Accuracy
lichess.org/iOC1RM8m/
I seem to do better against an engine than a human.
Toscani
3 inaccuracies
0 mistakes
0 blunders
6 Average centipawn loss
96% Accuracy
Stockfish level 7
4 inaccuracies
0 mistakes
0 blunders
6 Average centipawn loss
96% Accuracy
@SilentGhost3625 said in #5:
> Well, I'd like to try. I'm not going to say I can't be if others are. So there we go, I'm going to try if I can get advice. Thank you for giving me useless advice.
the advice wasn't personal. they don't know you so it couldn't be personal. the advice was based on odds alone.
out of the millions of kids that are taught chess in this world, 1000 of them made it to GM.
There are also 1000s of IMs who are very strong players but aren't good enough to advance to GM. Some of those IMs are probably good enough but it's very time consuming and expensive. They lost interest in putting in the time, plus they just can't afford it, they need to pay rent, etc.
I'm a strong believer in adult learning, but, let's say in the last 50 years, everyone that achieved the GM title started playing chess seriously as a kid. They were very strong as a kid. They advanced quickly while still a kid. They advanced way faster than their mates the same age as them. There was something different about them. Something most kids don't have.
anyway, do what floats your boat, whatever gets your freak on. If you enjoy studying chess then study chess.
> Well, I'd like to try. I'm not going to say I can't be if others are. So there we go, I'm going to try if I can get advice. Thank you for giving me useless advice.
the advice wasn't personal. they don't know you so it couldn't be personal. the advice was based on odds alone.
out of the millions of kids that are taught chess in this world, 1000 of them made it to GM.
There are also 1000s of IMs who are very strong players but aren't good enough to advance to GM. Some of those IMs are probably good enough but it's very time consuming and expensive. They lost interest in putting in the time, plus they just can't afford it, they need to pay rent, etc.
I'm a strong believer in adult learning, but, let's say in the last 50 years, everyone that achieved the GM title started playing chess seriously as a kid. They were very strong as a kid. They advanced quickly while still a kid. They advanced way faster than their mates the same age as them. There was something different about them. Something most kids don't have.
anyway, do what floats your boat, whatever gets your freak on. If you enjoy studying chess then study chess.
If you are an adult: never
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