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Hi
What should I do to become a GM?

Thanks in advance

You're 31 or 32 with a rating of 1824. It's a tall order.

My advice would be: play in lots of tournaments of the required level. It'll probably end up improving your play significantly, even if you don't manage to make it to GM.

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Hi
What should I do to become a GM?

Thanks in advance

Contact the Federations that turn a blind eye to bogus tournaments and get yourself invited.

Not sure what they charge these days.

John Upham wrote:

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Hi
What should I do to become a GM?

Thanks in advance

Contact the Federations that turn a blind eye to bogus tournaments and get yourself invited.

Not sure what they charge these days.

Yes, setting a high goal can be useful at times.

Get a lot better at chess than you are now?

Easy to say, not so straightforward to do.

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Hi
What should I do to become a GM?

Play on FIDE Arena. You only need to maintain a rating of 2000 for the Arena GM title. That might be achievable from your current FIDE rating. You can then truthfully tell everyone you're a chess Grandmaster; just don't mention the Arena bit.

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Hi
What should I do to become a GM?

Thanks in advance

My friend became a grandmaster strength online player (beat Nakamura in blitz, regularly beats GMs in classical) and beat loek van wely who is a super grandmaster over the board(!) He is currently an FM but will definitely be an international master. Ill pm you his details and he ll verify its true. He d be better placed to advise you than me. He does charge for tuition but if you tell him you know me he ll offer you free advice

Joshua Gibbs wrote:My friend became a grandmaster strength online player (beat Nakamura in blitz, regularly beats GMs in classical) and beat loek van wely who is a super grandmaster over the board(!) He is currently an FM but will definitely be an international master.

He'll have to reverse the current decline in his FIDE rating if he's going to do that. He's now down to 2239, just over 100 points below his peak rating from almost 3 years ago.

Matt Mackenzie wrote:Get a lot better at chess than you are now?

Easy to say, not so straightforward to do.

I am a 1800 player but I've beaten several strong players. Take a look at this game:
[Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "FARZANEH"] [Date "2000.01.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Houshdaran, Soheil"] [Black "Name hidden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "18xx"] [BlackElo "21xx"] [Annotator "soheil"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [TimeControl "360"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Qe2 Bc7 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Ne4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nc3 Nde7 14. a3 Be6 15. Rfb1 Bd6 16. Qf1 Qd7 17. Ne4 a5 18. Bc3 a4 19. Nfd2 Bc7 20. b4 axb3 21. Nxb3 Nd5 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. c4 Ne7 24. Nxd4 exd4 (24... Qxd4 25. a4 $16 {[%csl Rc5] [%cal Ga4a5]}) 25. Rb5 Qc8 26. Qb1 Ra6 27. Nxc5 Ra7 28. Rxb6 Bf5 29. Rb7 Bb8 30. Rxa7 Bxa7 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Bb4 Qc7 33. Bd2 Nc6 (33... Qc8) 34. Qb5 Bd7 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Nxf6 (36. Nd6 $1) 36... gxf6 37. Qf7 Qd6 38. Bh6 Rg8 39. Bd5 Rg6 40. Bf8 Qb8 41. Qxd7 Qxf8 42. Bxc6 Rg7 43. Qe8 Qxe8 44. Bxe8 Re7 45. Bc6 f5 46. Kf1 Kg7 47. Re1 Rc7 48. Bd5 Bc5 49. a4 Bb4 50. Re8 Kf6 51. f4 h6 52. Ra8 1-0

Ian Thompson wrote:

Joshua Gibbs wrote:My friend became a grandmaster strength online player (beat Nakamura in blitz, regularly beats GMs in classical) and beat loek van wely who is a super grandmaster over the board(!) He is currently an FM but will definitely be an international master.

He'll have to reverse the current decline in his FIDE rating if he's going to do that. He's now down to 2239, just over 100 points below his peak rating from almost 3 years ago.

Blitz and 3 minutes holds no relevance apart from entertainment value.

Carl Hibbard wrote:

Ian Thompson wrote:

Joshua Gibbs wrote:My friend became a grandmaster strength online player (beat Nakamura in blitz, regularly beats GMs in classical) and beat loek van wely who is a super grandmaster over the board(!) He is currently an FM but will definitely be an international master.

He'll have to reverse the current decline in his FIDE rating if he's going to do that. He's now down to 2239, just over 100 points below his peak rating from almost 3 years ago.

Blitz and 3 minutes holds no relevance apart from entertainment value.

watch this space

Take heart, Soheil. We live in post-truth times. Now it is sufficient merely to say something is true, and it shall be so. Objectors can be dismissed by repeating the truth, louder if necessary. Arise, Grandmaster Hooshdaran!

Only last week I decided that I was now Formula 1 World Champion, 2017 Rear of the Year, and runner-up in the biannual Chess Publishing Translators' Awards.

Personally set realistic goals and take it on step at a time, aim for 2000, then 2200, FM/IM titles, then re-evaluate your position, even getting to IM you are only 20% of the way there

Alan Walton wrote:Personally set realistic goals and take it on step at a time, aim for 2000, then 2200,

In practice, to reach and retain even 2000, you have to be able to score 3 from 4 against players rated 1800. What is needed to get such results?

It can apply to all the self improvement plans and blogs. To get to a higher level, you have to be able to beat those who currently cause you trouble. Many of us may have done this when we were much younger. You realise that many of your opponents just play complete rubbish, hardly know anything, particularly about openings and endings, or cannot calculate more than a couple of moves ahead.

My grade has been as follows:-

July 2016 - 123
Jan 2016 - 115
Jul 2015 - 109
July 2011 - 97
July 2008 - 78
July 2005 - 57

If my grade trajectory continues, how ling will it be before I become a GM?