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Originally Posted by Nezh
Give some examples of FIDE rated players who have done so
I've already given my example. My 2 years of studying chess for 2 hours per day (on average) are equivalent to 1 year of studying for 4 hours per day. Roughly 1500 hours of chess training is all an averagely talented player needs to go from 1400 to 2100 (actually, I went from 1000 to 2150, but my real strength was 1400 at my first tourney ever, so I don't count it as 1000). It was in mid 90s, so I won't show you any graph, since these FIDE rating records you mentioned date back only to 2000 (also, 1400 was a national rating - FIDE lowest was 2000 at that time).
I assume that a great poker player must be far more intelligent than an average person, so he should be able to improve his chess much faster.
Let me explain my point by an example. In Eastern Europe where I live, most people speak very poor English (even poorer than mine), although they are studying it for about 10-12 years at school. Does it mean that learning a language in 10 years is nearly impossible? No, it only proves that teaching methods at schools are wrong. The same is in chess. The only reason why so many people can't reach 2100 is that they don't study chess the right way.
Last edited by d2d4; 03-24-2010 at 01:35 PM.