*Edit: Fucking hell. He's real. Anish Sarkar. He has a grandmaster coach and practices 8 hours a day. Kids going to quickly become unbeatable and burn out quicker than Bobby Fisher.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 5 hours ago

But necessarily. Laslo Polgar tried to prove he could raise chess prodigies by teaching them from very young. His daughters became great chess players, Judit even beating Kasparov on a occasion.

However they did not have a laying curve that exceeded other people spending all of their time at chess. And they grew up as quite level headed individuals.

So one can't make a prodigy but spending much time learning something makes you better at it.

[–] LettucePrey@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've been rated between 1200-1300 for 5 years now with no indication of any upward trend despite hiring a chess coach and studying. There's just no helping some of us!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Current blitz ELO below 200 💪💪💪💪💪

Been playing for 20 years

[–] Abnorc@lemm.ee 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

ELO is based on how well you do against other players, right? If you’re getting better at the same rate as your average opponent, you’d see no increase.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Bless your heart.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I feel like I'm still learning a lot, but my elo has stalled a bit too. Just going to keep at it.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The child was born on leap day if that makes you feel better.

[–] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

So technically, they have a 1600 rating before celebrating their first birthday?