I've been rated between 1200-1300 for 5 years now with no indication of any upward trend despite hiring a chess coach and studying. There's just no helping some of us!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Current blitz ELO below 200 💪💪💪💪💪

Been playing for 20 years

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I feel like I'm still learning a lot, but my elo has stalled a bit too. Just going to keep at it.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Really? I xant believe any 3 year old could pull over like a 700. Does this kid actually exist?

*Edit: Fucking hell. He's real. Anish Sarkar. He has a grandmaster coach and practices 8 hours a day. Kids going to quickly become unbeatable and burn out quicker than Bobby Fisher.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Poor kid, that can't be healthy at that age (or arguably any age, but especially that).

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But necessarily. Laslo Polgar tried to prove he could raise chess prodigies by teaching them from very young. His daughters became great chess players, Judit even beating Kasparov on a occasion.

However they did not have a laying curve that exceeded other people spending all of their time at chess. And they grew up as quite level headed individuals.

So one can't make a prodigy but spending much time learning something makes you better at it.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes but I doubt Polfar dedicated 8 hours a day to a single child at the age of 3 on. Plus, I doubt any of his kids are a 1555 elo when they were under 4 years old.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The child was born on leap day if that makes you feel better.

[–] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

So technically, they have a 1600 rating before celebrating their first birthday?