If you are interested in the nature/nurture debate, I encourage you to read up on the Polgar sisters, whose father set out to prove that genius is made, not born. All three sisters went from nothing to excelling at chess, though only one of them, Judit, went on to continue playing it as an adult and became the strongest female chess player of all time.[1][2]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r

[2] - https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1990/06/13/09440007.h09.h...