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Am I ready for a NM title ?

I play well when time is not a problem. My current correspondence rating is 2438. Long OTB tournaments such as 45+30 should give me a similar amount of time to think and from what I read 2200 should be enough for a Natinal Master title. Does that seem feasible?
Do or do not. There‘s no try.

PS: there’s is a certain correlation between blitz and rapid rating and Elo. They both reflect better the otb competitive properties of online chess, so in my opinion there are the „harder currency“. If I subtract the obligatory lichess offset in your case I can tell you that half the way is done.
Or put it in another way: not few „internet“
players went otb only to find out that it‘s like Monty Python: „and now for something completely different“.

Good luck!
@Sarg0n thanks for your reply.

I agree that being good at speed chess is a great predictor for a good Fide rating, even because most OTB tournaments use blitz/rapid time controls.

Yet I have noticed the more time I have the better I play. For instance 20 years ago I excelled in 45+0, winning 3 of 4 OTB club tournaments (yet all opponents were below 2000), but I failed in 15+0 and 5+0 tournaments. Today I have less stamina but play stronger.
its not that hard, any average person can become a national master with the devotion of some time and effort
@Dopaminergic_Chess i'm just your average teenage chess enthusiast :D

I suppose calculation in chess can sharpen your brain to accomplish some tasks like multiplication quicker, but I can't say that's exactly my case

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