I think anyone who loves it, dedicates the time, has coaching, starts at a young age, and doesn’t have an intellectual disability or other major health condition could be GM. Certainly IM. Money, time, and obsession should get it done.
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I notice the St Louis Chess Club backdrop on the broadcast is featuring Ukrainian flag colors and Anastasiya Karlovich is Ukrainian. I approve.
So, do we still think Magnus is a giant douche for handling this the way that he did?
That’s a yes from me. But not happy to be constantly reminded people might be cheating either and I credit Hans for that.
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assume that’s alice lee, think she has a IM norm already, got 2nd in the us women’s cup recently
she’s already one of the top what 10 women in the US so she’s gonna get invited to events like this.
there’s quite a few people that did that and aren’t gonna be GM’s and some aren’t even IM’s so idk
I know there isn’t a chance I would’ve as I don’t have the memory to remember even half the things a title level needs.
Yes, Alice Lee. Maybe she’s fine, obviously no way to know for a casual observer. It’s a little disturbing to watch though. Rochelle Wu is only a little older but seems much more grounded and comfortable.
I’m sorry Carissa Yip isn’t playing
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So/Yoo was a fun match
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they asked Yoo about his game yesterday with Hans and he said he felt very disrespected by Hans’ interview, and he used his anger to attack a lot today
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I should have said that “starts at a young age” = 20+ years of serious chess experience by age 28 or so. That’s the usual peak age. Do you have examples of people who meet that condition alongside the others and still failed? Can’t think of one myself, but I’m not all that plugged in.
I don’t think you can be confident about saying anything about what your chess memory would be like with the training described.
The sample size of people that do the stuff in my post is tiny, so we can’t have much confidence either way. Most people just don’t have the needed obsession or, more often, pursue something more valuable than chess.
I should add in a counterculture condition. You are almost certainly a freak and a weird dude/dudette if you make GM at the cost of some more lucrative or fulfilling career.
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Don’t become a professional chess player if you can imagine doing anything else with your life
According to Yassar, ESPN showed up to do coverage.
Alice Lee now 2/2. Anxiety, if that’s what it is, not affecting her play.
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Hans a bigger draw than Magnus these days
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There is survivorship bias going on here. People who put in the hours that the GMs do, but don’t get results in tournaments, will stop putting in so much time way before the 20 year mark and will not be people you’ve ever heard of.
Well that’s why I’m asking for people I’ve never heard of. If it’s a 1:1 relationship then it isn’t survivorship bias.
Oh wait, I think you are saying two different things in your second sentence. Are you saying they don’t exist (“will stop putting the time in…”) or that they exist but I won’t have heard of them?
I’m saying people exist who would be on a path to not be a GM after 20 years of intense chess training, but therefore they leave that path early. Those path-leavers are not people who gain any notoriety.
As such, anyone who actually does put in the time will become a GM or IM, however not anyone can become a GM or IM by putting in the time.
I am confident because I know me a lot better than you do