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50 years old Beginner trying to Get to 2000 rating. Any suggestions?

Interesting, Gotham in that link said Tyler is a phenom playing 12-14 hours per day and reached 1960. Impressive, but its not 2000. Tyler is a guy with apparently a ton of natural talent and unlimited time on his hands. A few friends started with me approximately one year ago, best of the bunch is 1050 chesscom, which is probably 1400 or so lichess. A pre-med student at my chess club has played one year and similar rating level, nowhere near 2000. My advice would be to push yourself with realistic goals and have fun.

Interesting, Gotham in that link said Tyler is a phenom playing 12-14 hours per day and reached 1960. Impressive, but its not 2000. Tyler is a guy with apparently a ton of natural talent and unlimited time on his hands. A few friends started with me approximately one year ago, best of the bunch is 1050 chesscom, which is probably 1400 or so lichess. A pre-med student at my chess club has played one year and similar rating level, nowhere near 2000. My advice would be to push yourself with realistic goals and have fun.

@ThePYGOD

For winning more games as well as for increasing the rating, you should use Tactics. Many tactics are given with examples in my website 64worlds.com

A basic idea of various openings is also required. In my website mentioned above, under video lessons I have given sample games of grand masters - white winning as well as black winning games of Sicilian Najdorf
variation, Dragon variation, Italian game, Queens gambit declined, Colle system, etc. Going through the games will give you a quick grasp of that particular opening.
Or you can join as an online student, I will systematically improve your rating to a high level.

Best of luck.
thirushankar1108@gmail.com

@ThePYGOD For winning more games as well as for increasing the rating, you should use Tactics. Many tactics are given with examples in my website 64worlds.com A basic idea of various openings is also required. In my website mentioned above, under video lessons I have given sample games of grand masters - white winning as well as black winning games of Sicilian Najdorf variation, Dragon variation, Italian game, Queens gambit declined, Colle system, etc. Going through the games will give you a quick grasp of that particular opening. Or you can join as an online student, I will systematically improve your rating to a high level. Best of luck. thirushankar1108@gmail.com

@Crosschoke said in #11:

Interesting, Gotham in that link said Tyler is a phenom playing 12-14 hours per day and reached 1960. Impressive, but its not 2000. Tyler is a guy with apparently a ton of natural talent and unlimited time on his hands. A few friends started with me approximately one year ago, best of the bunch is 1050 chesscom, which is probably 1400 or so lichess. A pre-med student at my chess club has played one year and similar rating level, nowhere near 2000. My advice would be to push yourself with realistic goals and have fun.

I take it as it goes. I have other Chess related goals aside.
Puzzle Rush Survival: 50
ICCF, maybe a 2000 rating. Don't know yet!
Growing my Chess book Collection.
Blindfold Chess
And making ChessIsWar.com a lucrative business. So it can fuel my Chess Obsession and goals. I need time and money to do it.

I'm also out there to prove that life isn't over at 50 years old.

I'm the guinea pig for my own experiment. A self-taught 50 years old noob who just started 100 days ago with zero Chess experience and zero Chess knowledges.

@Crosschoke said in #11: > Interesting, Gotham in that link said Tyler is a phenom playing 12-14 hours per day and reached 1960. Impressive, but its not 2000. Tyler is a guy with apparently a ton of natural talent and unlimited time on his hands. A few friends started with me approximately one year ago, best of the bunch is 1050 chesscom, which is probably 1400 or so lichess. A pre-med student at my chess club has played one year and similar rating level, nowhere near 2000. My advice would be to push yourself with realistic goals and have fun. I take it as it goes. I have other Chess related goals aside. Puzzle Rush Survival: 50 ICCF, maybe a 2000 rating. Don't know yet! Growing my Chess book Collection. Blindfold Chess And making ChessIsWar.com a lucrative business. So it can fuel my Chess Obsession and goals. I need time and money to do it. I'm also out there to prove that life isn't over at 50 years old. I'm the guinea pig for my own experiment. A self-taught 50 years old noob who just started 100 days ago with zero Chess experience and zero Chess knowledges.

My advice is: don't worry about goals (especially big ones) quite so much. We'd all like to be GMs, and most everybody harbors some such dream in the back of their minds. But just saying you want to be a master (or whatever your goal happens to be) doesn't really matter all that much when it comes down to the nuts and bolts business of improving on a day-to-day basis.

It's going to take a while for you to get to 2000 (and probably quite a while). So the most important thing is that you enjoy the game itself. Even when there are those inevitable setbacks: like periods when you don't seem to be getting any better, and maybe even are getting worse somehow (I once took an entire year to go from 1620 to 1634 USCF).

But if you love chess, you'll most likely be able to make it past those kinds of hurdles. However, if you're mainly intent upon reaching some sort of preconceived target rating--whether you set yourself 1 year to do it, or 2 or 3--it's all too easy to become discouraged and give up on the whole business if your progress isn't quite up to what you imagined it would be.

And why are you playing the game anyway? Because you like it--or to show off to everybody that you can climb the ladder in record time? Remember: lots and lots of people never make to 2000--yet they play (and enjoy) the game just as much as any GM.

My advice is: don't worry about goals (especially big ones) quite so much. We'd all like to be GMs, and most everybody harbors some such dream in the back of their minds. But just saying you want to be a master (or whatever your goal happens to be) doesn't really matter all that much when it comes down to the nuts and bolts business of improving on a day-to-day basis. It's going to take a while for you to get to 2000 (and probably quite a while). So the most important thing is that you enjoy the game itself. Even when there are those inevitable setbacks: like periods when you don't seem to be getting any better, and maybe even are getting worse somehow (I once took an entire year to go from 1620 to 1634 USCF). But if you love chess, you'll most likely be able to make it past those kinds of hurdles. However, if you're mainly intent upon reaching some sort of preconceived target rating--whether you set yourself 1 year to do it, or 2 or 3--it's all too easy to become discouraged and give up on the whole business if your progress isn't quite up to what you imagined it would be. And why are you playing the game anyway? Because you like it--or to show off to everybody that you can climb the ladder in record time? Remember: lots and lots of people never make to 2000--yet they play (and enjoy) the game just as much as any GM.

Oh yeah, and one more thing (having just visited your website): you would be well-served to forget about all that "10000 hours" crap. It is the veriest twaddle. ;)

Oh yeah, and one more thing (having just visited your website): you would be well-served to forget about all that "10000 hours" crap. It is the veriest twaddle. ;)

@MrPushwood said in #15:

My advice is: don't worry about goals (especially big ones) quite so much. We'd all like to be GMs, and most everybody harbors some such dream in the back of their minds. But just saying you want to be a master (or whatever your goal happens to be) doesn't really matter all that much when it comes down to the nuts and bolts business of improving on a day-to-day basis.

It's going to take a while for you to get to 2000 (and probably quite a while). So the most important thing is that you enjoy the game itself. Even when there are those inevitable setbacks: like periods when you don't seem to be getting any better, and maybe even are getting worse somehow (I once took an entire year to go from 1620 to 1634 USCF).

But if you love chess, you'll most likely be able to make it past those kinds of hurdles. However, if you're mainly intent upon reaching some sort of preconceived target rating--whether you set yourself 1 year to do it, or 2 or 3--it's all too easy to become discouraged and give up on the whole business if your progress isn't quite up to what you imagined it would be.

And why are you playing the game anyway? Because you like it--or to show off to everybody that you can climb the ladder in record time? Remember: lots and lots of people never make to 2000--yet they play (and enjoy) the game just as much as any GM.

Chess Is My New Obsession.
I'm an All-In or Nothing kind of person. It's in my nature.
My Goals are just some fuel to drive me.

@MrPushwood said in #15: > My advice is: don't worry about goals (especially big ones) quite so much. We'd all like to be GMs, and most everybody harbors some such dream in the back of their minds. But just saying you want to be a master (or whatever your goal happens to be) doesn't really matter all that much when it comes down to the nuts and bolts business of improving on a day-to-day basis. > > It's going to take a while for you to get to 2000 (and probably quite a while). So the most important thing is that you enjoy the game itself. Even when there are those inevitable setbacks: like periods when you don't seem to be getting any better, and maybe even are getting worse somehow (I once took an entire year to go from 1620 to 1634 USCF). > > But if you love chess, you'll most likely be able to make it past those kinds of hurdles. However, if you're mainly intent upon reaching some sort of preconceived target rating--whether you set yourself 1 year to do it, or 2 or 3--it's all too easy to become discouraged and give up on the whole business if your progress isn't quite up to what you imagined it would be. > > And why are you playing the game anyway? Because you like it--or to show off to everybody that you can climb the ladder in record time? Remember: lots and lots of people never make to 2000--yet they play (and enjoy) the game just as much as any GM. Chess Is My New Obsession. I'm an All-In or Nothing kind of person. It's in my nature. My Goals are just some fuel to drive me.

@MrPushwood said in #16:

Oh yeah, and one more thing (having just visited your website): you would be well-served to forget about all that "10000 hours" crap. It is the veriest twaddle. ;)

That's an experiment.
I'm already well over 360 Hours into it.
10000 Hours will certainly drive me to the Top.
No, I have no intention to get a FIDE OTB Title. The travelling, the costs, and the people...

Just having fun while growing toward my 6 Goals and surpassing myself.

Chesscom 2000 Rapid rating or equivalent (Lichess 2120 Classical rating)
Puzzle Rush Survival: 50
ICCF, maybe a 2000 rating. Don't know yet!
Growing my Chess book Collection.
Blindfold Chess
And making ChessIsWar.com a lucrative business. So it can fuel my Chess Obsession and goals. I need time and money to dedicate myself to Chess and work toward my Goals.

@MrPushwood said in #16: > Oh yeah, and one more thing (having just visited your website): you would be well-served to forget about all that "10000 hours" crap. It is the veriest twaddle. ;) That's an experiment. I'm already well over 360 Hours into it. 10000 Hours will certainly drive me to the Top. No, I have no intention to get a FIDE OTB Title. The travelling, the costs, and the people... Just having fun while growing toward my 6 Goals and surpassing myself. Chesscom 2000 Rapid rating or equivalent (Lichess 2120 Classical rating) Puzzle Rush Survival: 50 ICCF, maybe a 2000 rating. Don't know yet! Growing my Chess book Collection. Blindfold Chess And making ChessIsWar.com a lucrative business. So it can fuel my Chess Obsession and goals. I need time and money to dedicate myself to Chess and work toward my Goals.

@ThePYGOD said in #1:
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My 5 missions/goals/subjects/classes are:

Chess.com Rapid rating
Puzzle Rush Survival Top Score
ICCF Correspondence Chess
Book collection. I love Chess books.
Blindfold Chess.

Your program looks ok, I'll add two points...

I am on ICCF it's cool. You may wish to try thematic correspondence chess on chessworld.net, it's a great way to learn the openings

As for blindfold, it would be hard to play a game blindfold. Here a couple of tricks that will exercise your visualization muscle.

  1. Try reading chess books without the use of a board. It was suggested to me by a man that teaches blindfold chess that I start with one of the "move by move" books by Crus Lakdewala, because of their clear simple explanations.

  2. Solve tactics puzzles from books. After solving the puzzle normally, write down the solution, including variations, WITHOUT looking back at the diagram, then compare your written solution to the one in the back of the book.

@ThePYGOD said in #1: <snip> > My 5 missions/goals/subjects/classes are: > > Chess.com Rapid rating > Puzzle Rush Survival Top Score > ICCF Correspondence Chess > Book collection. I love Chess books. > Blindfold Chess. Your program looks ok, I'll add two points... I am on ICCF it's cool. You may wish to try thematic correspondence chess on chessworld.net, it's a great way to learn the openings As for blindfold, it would be hard to play a game blindfold. Here a couple of tricks that will exercise your visualization muscle. 1. Try reading chess books without the use of a board. It was suggested to me by a man that teaches blindfold chess that I start with one of the "move by move" books by Crus Lakdewala, because of their clear simple explanations. 2. Solve tactics puzzles from books. After solving the puzzle normally, write down the solution, including variations, WITHOUT looking back at the diagram, then compare your written solution to the one in the back of the book.

someone mentioned chess clubs, that's ok. Depending on where you live, you can also just take your portable chess (make it magnetic)set whereever you go, set it up on a table or park bench, someone will take a look.

At your age (I am 65) you need to reinforce lessons learned. STockfidh is a good partner to practice your endgame technique by playing from winning positions until you can get it done at the highest level. Also, if you read a chapter on strategy, read it again maybe a few days later, for reinforcement. You can also write out yourself what you have learned from a chapter, in your own words.

There are many players who have no interest in chess clubs and tournaments because they are expensive. They don't care about thhe money, They get their fix by playing just for the love of the game.

someone mentioned chess clubs, that's ok. Depending on where you live, you can also just take your portable chess (make it magnetic)set whereever you go, set it up on a table or park bench, someone will take a look. At your age (I am 65) you need to reinforce lessons learned. STockfidh is a good partner to practice your endgame technique by playing from winning positions until you can get it done at the highest level. Also, if you read a chapter on strategy, read it again maybe a few days later, for reinforcement. You can also write out yourself what you have learned from a chapter, in your own words. There are many players who have no interest in chess clubs and tournaments because they are expensive. They don't care about thhe money, They get their fix by playing just for the love of the game.

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