How do I become a Grandmaster?

A lot of talk for nothing ..
First step if you want to become a GM, go play OTB.
When its done, comeback and apologize "ok you were right, i wont even pass 2000 elo fide"

@sheckley666 oh I love Google xd I actually found lots of names on Google but they weren’t in the last 30 years.

@griffindabeast said in #52:
> I actually found lots of names on Google but they weren’t in the last 30 years.

Yep, exactly that's the point. Getting the GM title was never easy, but it was arguably somewhat easi-er in the olden days. Among other factors, chess was less international, and, in the absence of computers, opening analysis and preparation was probably less time consuming.

Today, with so many young folk playing seriously worldwide, with the best of them improving at an insane speed, adult beginners just don't stand a chance to reach GM level. Even if an adult beginner is exceptionally talented and hard working - he will be beaten by hords of others with equally high talent and equal work ethic, but who started training seriously as a kid/teen.

This topis seems to have struck an iceberg and is sinking towards the bottom. Perhaps, from time to time, someone will make the trip down in order to visit and see what the bacteria are doing.

@rookiefromthehood said in #51:
> A lot of talk for nothing ..
> First step if you want to become a GM, go play OTB.
> When its done, comeback and apologize "ok you were right, i wont even pass 2000 elo fide"

Hey Wait I think I just saw a Pig fly by my window.

I eagerly look forward to @verylate 's entry into the NHL. I hope the Avalanche pick him up, and thereby continue their near-greatness.

It wasn't a pig, @rookiefromthehood, it was either one of the Republican candidates leaving the debate stage or one of the Democrat governors running towards the white house to measure the drapes.

Despite the title being rather difficult to obtain, it is not impossible. If the saying, where there's a will, there's a way is true, I have a will, but the way is currently unknown, and so I am trying to find it. Simply saying that there is no way to become a Grandmaster indicates that the person doesn't have a will, according to the saying. I have a will, therefore there is a way. I will continue with my life. Have fun yelling at each other. Let me know how it went.

Don't worry: be happy.

The good news is this: after a certain age, one is delighted just not to LOSE rating points.

Why is that good news? Well, it's NICE to be delighted!

@rookiefromthehood said in #51:
> A lot of talk for nothing ..
> First step if you want to become a GM, go play OTB.
> When its done, comeback and apologize "ok you were right, i wont even pass 2000 elo fide"
Its not hard to pass 2000 FIDE if you work hard