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Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster by hutrdvnj on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:36PM (#27961551)
> In my family I had/have two people who plaid chess well (2000-2300 range) without wasting their lives in any way.

Although seemingly not so far away by sheer number, the 2000-2300 elo range is worlds apart from 2500+ (GM) levels, in terms of how much effort (and talent) is required.

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Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster by ASalazarMX on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:14PM (#27962079)
The quote is attributed to Paul Morphy, World Champion of chess. Playing chess well meant grandmaster level for him.

The Wikipedia section about his abandonment of chess is tragic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy#Abandonment_of_che...).

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Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster by leto_ii on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:47PM (#27962562)
> Although seemingly not so far away by sheer number, the 2000-2300 elo range is worlds apart from 2500+ (GM) levels

I know that. My point was that a score of 2000-2300 can still qualify as knowing chess well. Didn't know Morphy was a top level player when I made the comment.

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