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What I realized about becoming a grandmaster

Good Luck on your Journey to GM!

Good Luck on your Journey to GM!

it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it...

it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it...

@Koutak425 said ^

it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it...

Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol)

@Koutak425 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/x753yHWf) > it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it... Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol)

@Koutak425 said ^

it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it...

yeah im not quite there to quit school i need it But il see how I progress over time and then I'll make desicions high school makes it harder I have a coach but yeah I actually forgot to add the lessons in the schedule

@Koutak425 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/x753yHWf) > it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it... yeah im not quite there to quit school i need it But il see how I progress over time and then I'll make desicions high school makes it harder I have a coach but yeah I actually forgot to add the lessons in the schedule

@d4Nc3Bf4 said ^

it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it...

Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol)

yeah the indian guy i saw that interview intresting how he did that at only 20

@d4Nc3Bf4 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/3A5mhOxu) > > it doesnt sound bad, but i have a few questions, what are you studying for? what kind of job do you want to have? do you want to be a professional chess player and earn money doing it? what about money, what salary and habitation do you imagine? since you are still going to school, your plan is to just skip school and play chess all day (of course, i dont know what your grades are like in school and whether you are still in elementary or high school) becoming a grandmaster is not just solving puzzles, training openings, tactics, etc... you will need a coach to get to GM, you are able to get to IM at most but you will has to devote all your time, effort, energy and more to it... > > Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol) yeah the indian guy i saw that interview intresting how he did that at only 20

@d4Nc3Bf4 said ^

Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol)

maybe yes, but india has this set up completely differently than the rest of the world, in india chess, they have set up precise trainings for tactics, precise calculations, sacrifices and more, since the time when Anand became world champion this have been case in india and it is different than in the rest of the world, there practically even someone who started there today with chess can become a grandmaster in a few years

@d4Nc3Bf4 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/3A5mhOxu) > Not all GMs became GMs by hiring a coach. I read about this latest Indian GM who became GM just by analysing his games and solving tactics, his dad was his coach (1500 rated btw lol) maybe yes, but india has this set up completely differently than the rest of the world, in india chess, they have set up precise trainings for tactics, precise calculations, sacrifices and more, since the time when Anand became world champion this have been case in india and it is different than in the rest of the world, there practically even someone who started there today with chess can become a grandmaster in a few years