It is funny, I'm at the moment giving a serie of masterclasses on the IQP in my chess club, your video comes at exactly the right timing for me to invite my pupils to watch your vids :)
Check also the book Chess structures - A Grandmaster Guide by GM Mauricio Flores Rios - The first chapter on isolani deals exactly with the position coverved in the video. For me it was a nice refresh. Thanks!
Andras. I know its a difficult question but. How far can someone who starts studying at the age of 20 go? More than 2200Fide? I met a gm coach Who told me 2400 Fide Btw i recently discovered your Channel and is amazing thankyou for all the good and instructive videos
I am not Andras, but I can give you my opinion, it really depends a lot of factors, first how much you willing to sacrifice for Chess, which means, studying endlessly avoiding burnout, for example I usually do 3 hours + some classes with coach and I am beyond exhausted as I have a job too, second how much money are you willing to spend if you have any for Chess, this means not only paying for courses/books/coaches but also traveling, for example recently there was a big tournament next to my country, it was a week and a half and it costed around 2k USD (obviously there were alot of big prizes but those are for GMs mostly), and that doesn't consider traveling cost just staying in the hotel and fees, and thats just 1 tournament (albeit it's one of the biggest tournament in the region), which brings my next point, location, if you don't live in a heavy Chess culture country your odds get way lower, the higher you go the less tournaments you get to actually make it, so if you are willing to move to a country that is Chess oriented or you are in Europe/US already you are good to go, that being said, all this keep it mind you need to grind your life away, and sacrifice your entire life for Chess and have enough funds to cost all of this, to reach 2400 FIDE, is it possible? Yes, is it realistic? There is no way, odds are the older you get more responsibilities you have, therefor less money or time. If you want my suggestion, just play for the love of the game and stop caring about ratings.
Very well said nimzodorf... The fun is somewhere between the two ends of the spectrum... Trying to get better at the same time not getting burnt out...
