Of course you can, 2600 is really strong especially for your age. It all depends how much effort you are willing to put into achieving GM though.
@BulletMaster2008 You might be able to become a GM depending on several factors, but why put yourself through that?
Unless you are already one of the best in your country or have a personality geared towards creating online chess content it's unlikely that you can make enough money to flourish. It also costs quite a bit of time, energy and money to go to tournaments to become a GM.
It's a big gamble because If you don't have the full support of your family or a team of coaches nurturing your talent, I'd keep chess as a hobby and learn about the stock market or other forms of gambling, like poker.
There is only a handful of players in the world making a living as a professional chess player. And the history of chess is full of examples of GM's dying in poverty after decades of loneliness and madness.
Unless you are already one of the best in your country or have a personality geared towards creating online chess content it's unlikely that you can make enough money to flourish. It also costs quite a bit of time, energy and money to go to tournaments to become a GM.
It's a big gamble because If you don't have the full support of your family or a team of coaches nurturing your talent, I'd keep chess as a hobby and learn about the stock market or other forms of gambling, like poker.
There is only a handful of players in the world making a living as a professional chess player. And the history of chess is full of examples of GM's dying in poverty after decades of loneliness and madness.
Bullet isn’t the same as classical OTB chess sry bro but keep grind
Я думаю, у тебя есть шансы!!!
I would say: Try it and prepare yourself well,
but also consider, that long games against very strong players to achieve a norm is harder than a 2600 online rating in blitz. Good luck on your way to GM. :)
but also consider, that long games against very strong players to achieve a norm is harder than a 2600 online rating in blitz. Good luck on your way to GM. :)
@mkubecek said in #38:
> I did - and I even mentioned it as early as in comment #5. (Back then it was higher, IIRC ~2580, but even less reliable than now.)
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> Which is great from the point of view of a hobby chess player and likely more than I'll ever have. But the competition is really tough (see the numbers I wrote in #5) so as a base for a professional career or a goal to reach the GM title, not so stellar.
Thank you for the response and excuse my lack of attention. However, suppose op gains 100 points in a year and then 50 points per year. if he is currently 16 years old, he will be 2200 at 21 years old. and even if he does not become a GM, he can become an FM or IM and follow a second profession while living his passion.
in addition, Germany is a country where the standard of living is quite high, where there are many tournaments and clubs and above all the proximity of country like France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Czech Republic. therefore a high number of potential tournaments and not too much difficulty getting around!
therefore, the chances may be on his side, even if he not become GM or top 10 nationally.
It worth to try. and who knows, he may always meet GMs or IMs who can give him professional advice or take him on as a student.
> I did - and I even mentioned it as early as in comment #5. (Back then it was higher, IIRC ~2580, but even less reliable than now.)
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> Which is great from the point of view of a hobby chess player and likely more than I'll ever have. But the competition is really tough (see the numbers I wrote in #5) so as a base for a professional career or a goal to reach the GM title, not so stellar.
Thank you for the response and excuse my lack of attention. However, suppose op gains 100 points in a year and then 50 points per year. if he is currently 16 years old, he will be 2200 at 21 years old. and even if he does not become a GM, he can become an FM or IM and follow a second profession while living his passion.
in addition, Germany is a country where the standard of living is quite high, where there are many tournaments and clubs and above all the proximity of country like France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Czech Republic. therefore a high number of potential tournaments and not too much difficulty getting around!
therefore, the chances may be on his side, even if he not become GM or top 10 nationally.
It worth to try. and who knows, he may always meet GMs or IMs who can give him professional advice or take him on as a student.
@CSKA_Moscou said in #47:
> However, suppose op gains 100 points in a year and then 50 points per year. if he is currently 16 years old, he will be 2200 at 21 years old. and even if he does not become a GM, he can become an FM or IM and follow a second profession while living his passion.
Sure, that's perfectly fine: work on your chess and see where it leads. It makes more sense to me than saying "I want to be a grandmaster" (or world champion). My point was that out of the 148 players in Germany who are the same or lower age and have the same or higher ELO, only few will reach the grandmaster title. And as others pointed out, even the GM title is no guarantee of an economically successful career. Thus I wouldn't recommend focusing only on that and closing other options. OK, that may be just the fact that I'm fifty rather than fifteen speaking. :-)
But as I said, it's possible. One guy I knew was nothing special until 12, perhaps even a bit worse than me (we were the same age). Then he started taking chess seriously and acquired the IM title at 18 and GM at 25.
> However, suppose op gains 100 points in a year and then 50 points per year. if he is currently 16 years old, he will be 2200 at 21 years old. and even if he does not become a GM, he can become an FM or IM and follow a second profession while living his passion.
Sure, that's perfectly fine: work on your chess and see where it leads. It makes more sense to me than saying "I want to be a grandmaster" (or world champion). My point was that out of the 148 players in Germany who are the same or lower age and have the same or higher ELO, only few will reach the grandmaster title. And as others pointed out, even the GM title is no guarantee of an economically successful career. Thus I wouldn't recommend focusing only on that and closing other options. OK, that may be just the fact that I'm fifty rather than fifteen speaking. :-)
But as I said, it's possible. One guy I knew was nothing special until 12, perhaps even a bit worse than me (we were the same age). Then he started taking chess seriously and acquired the IM title at 18 and GM at 25.
@Sacmaniac and others:
There is a surprisingly high number of GMs in Germany (where the OP is from I believe): more than 100 GMs, more than in almost any other country except Russia. But very few German GMs make it to the "super GM" category, where it starts to make sense to think about "chess as a full time job". (There's Vincent Keymer - and that's it more the less?)
I think this has to do with the reasons mentioned so far:
On the one hand, Germany is a great place to access many European tournaments without crazy and expensive overseas travel. And if you show promise to become a top player, the support you get from the local chess federation is actually pretty good I believe (not that I have any first-hand experience (; ).
So reaching GM level in your teens is quite possible for a highly talented player like the OP. But as a young adult, it gets tough to go on from there with your chess improvement. Just going to university or taking a job rationally just makes so much more sense than continuing to study chess full time for no or very little financial incentive. And the costs of living are very high here, prize money from tournaments isn't even enough to keep your flat warm, I'm afraid.
There is a surprisingly high number of GMs in Germany (where the OP is from I believe): more than 100 GMs, more than in almost any other country except Russia. But very few German GMs make it to the "super GM" category, where it starts to make sense to think about "chess as a full time job". (There's Vincent Keymer - and that's it more the less?)
I think this has to do with the reasons mentioned so far:
On the one hand, Germany is a great place to access many European tournaments without crazy and expensive overseas travel. And if you show promise to become a top player, the support you get from the local chess federation is actually pretty good I believe (not that I have any first-hand experience (; ).
So reaching GM level in your teens is quite possible for a highly talented player like the OP. But as a young adult, it gets tough to go on from there with your chess improvement. Just going to university or taking a job rationally just makes so much more sense than continuing to study chess full time for no or very little financial incentive. And the costs of living are very high here, prize money from tournaments isn't even enough to keep your flat warm, I'm afraid.
Are you really?