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i want to become a gm

#1
how can i become a gm? I am currently 67 years old, and i am alright at chess. Please advise me as I want to conquer this life goal despite whatever it may take.
#2
Study GM games and make their habits your habits unless you find even better habits.
#4
You are alright at Chess & so You need to be able to play 100 games against another Chess player who is also alright & be able to score 92 percent vs That person ... Then You need to be able to play someone as good as You at That point & be able to score 92 percent out of 100 games against that person ... Then again vs someone That strong 7&score 75 percent to get to around CM/NM stenth Then another 75 percent against the CM/NM to get to FM/IM then 67 percent to get to GM level . I know only one method & it consits of HARD WORK Until Your talent shows & you get somewhere ,,, You have to start raising your rating by Studying to get to whatever level you will end up at ... The WINNER of The World Senior Chess Championship Larry Kaufman a few years ago became a GM at about that age for winning that tournament @MEME123IeFj9eRVJFRRF Study Play Play Study Chess Videos Chess Books Computer Software Databases & TRY
#5
@MEME123IeFj9eRVJFRRF said in #1:
> how can i become a gm? I am currently 67 years old, and i am alright at chess. Please advise me as I want to conquer this life goal despite whatever it may take.

The best advice I feel you can get is to set realistic life goals - the GM thing absolutely will not happen. People can come to this forum and talk philosophical gobbledygook about how anything is possible and "if you believe you can achieve" yadda yadda yadda etc but the the unfortunate home truth is that won't happen, given your current rating level.

However, what may be possible with a huge amount of life consuming effort is a title - NM or CM and if you get really really good and lucky maybe just maybe FM but highly unlikely.

By all means aim for the stars but don't make it about an unreachable destination, enjoy the journey instead.
#6
@MEME123IeFj9eRVJFRRF said in #1:
> how can i become a gm? I am currently 67 years old, and i am alright at chess. Please advise me as I want to conquer this life goal despite whatever it may take.

If you don't have fide rating you need to get rating 1st. And try to improve your rating from playing international level tournaments. After try to make advance level players your friends. Try to know advance level Player's habits,practices,experience. Get at least 2400+ fide rating. Work hard,try your best,practice and practice.
#8
first make some cars and build it into a massive car company. then ignore all the trends for many years until you've run it into the ground. here's the key, don't do this in a capitalist country as you'll go bankrupt. be sure to do it in a country that just pretends to be capitalist when it suits them. You'll get a nice bailout and only then will you be gm.
#10
Dear @MEME123IeFj9eRVJFRRF ...

9 Months ago you were 55 years old. You posted the same thing in 2 deifferent threads:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/is-variants-helps-you-to-improve-in-classical-chess-?page=2#13
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/advice-needed-urgently#1

Then, a few days later you suddenly got 10 years older (65) and asked to get to 1900:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/bad-at-chess#1

1 month later you asked for advice to get to 2100:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/chess-77#1

How to be a GM is asked 3 just months ago:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/move-to-mate#1

...and again today:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/i-want-to-become-a-gm#1

???

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