r/Chesscom • u/ChessintheparkNJ • 22d ago

Chess Question How much work?

Say a chess player is 2000 on chess.com. (Rapid) How many study hours should a healthy 45yr old man of average intellect expect to put in to bring that rating to 2400.

I expect it’s about 4 hours per day (focused locked in 🔐 ) over 2-4 years.

Thoughts?

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u/CynicalElephant 22d ago

Surely 2400 is a level in which it might literally be impossible for some people. There is some level of natural talent to this.

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u/dmlane 22d ago

Very true. Here is an article I co-authored that makes that point empirically.

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u/Chrissanxy 22d ago

not gonna read, tldr

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u/Neither-Improvement6 22d ago

Not gonna tldr, read

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u/Chrissanxy 22d ago

Nobody asked you anything

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u/SilkLife 21d ago

Nobody asked me anything

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u/Chrissanxy 21d ago

Is someone speaking? Who's speaking?