{"id":1259,"date":"2021-05-15T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T07:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T07:04:09","slug":"how-long-to-learn-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/how-long-to-learn-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"From Beginner to Grandmaster – How Long to Learn Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’ve seen the Queen’s Gambit, your a little interested in the game of chess and may even have come across it in the past. You might wonder how long it takes to learn chess, how much progress you can expect to make, if you could get as good as Beth Harman and reach Grandmaster level, as well as what are the most important factors to master chess fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level<\/th>Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Learn the Basics<\/td>2 Hours<\/td><\/tr>
Become Good<\/td>4 Weeks [20 Hours]***<\/td><\/tr>
Titled Expert<\/td>2 Years<\/td><\/tr>
Titled Grandmaster<\/td>6-7 Years<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Time to get good at chess<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It will take around 6-7 years to go from knowing nothing about the game of chess to be able to become a fully-fledged titled grandmaster with a sufficient Elo rating of over 2500 and collected norms having played other grandmaster in official competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

***20 Hours and you could be very good at chess indeed!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

45 minutes practice every day for 4 weeks and you’d be astounded at how good you can be at anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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