Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster
by ZephyrBlu on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:15PM
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> If you aren't top 5% (~1900 FIDE) within the first year of starting to play, you don't have the talent
People will think this sounds insane, but it's so true. Honestly top 5% even sounds a bit low.
Everything gets exponentially harder the higher up you get. If you're not dominating immediately you're quite literally never going to reach the very top (Like >0.1% kind of top).
The caveat to this is that it's a year of dedicating yourself to the thing, not doing it on and off casually for a year.
People will think this sounds insane, but it's so true. Honestly top 5% even sounds a bit low.
Everything gets exponentially harder the higher up you get. If you're not dominating immediately you're quite literally never going to reach the very top (Like >0.1% kind of top).
The caveat to this is that it's a year of dedicating yourself to the thing, not doing it on and off casually for a year.