How long did it take you to get an elo of 1000 in chess.

Ha, a 1000 talking... No offense. But you shouldn't be teaching...

Because thats not true.

Not even there yet

In about a month, of we're talking rapid

WHAT DOES ANYBODY NEED ELO RATING FOR?

A fair question, and one that can be answered by anyone who has ever run a tournament or has been certified as a tournament director (TD).

Ratings are needed by TDs to be able to run tournaments. Before pairings can be made, the players need to be put in order from highest to lowest. So, say you have 20 people in a Swiss System tournament. You rank them according to ratings from 1-20. You cut the list in half and player 1 plays number 11; 2 plays 12; 3 plays 13 etc... Round 2 is paired by score groups: one point, half point and zero point. These groups are also put in rating order and the same process goes on... This is only possible if a standard rating system, based on player results from previous tournaments, exists. The rating system we have is called "Elo," because it was named for Arpad Elo, the physicist who applied the science of statistics to the development of chess ratings.

So, you don't need a rating unless you want to participate in tournaments. It can be used as a substitute metric for seeing if you are making progress as a chess player, since it is result-based. The more you win, the higher you go. People then judge themselves based on their rating instead of on their basic playing skills, which, if improved, will go up over time.

about 7 months in both blitz and rapid

Been playing for over 20 years and I'm still below 750.

Took me almost 2 years glad I wasted my time bc I'm still gonna get made fun of for having a crappy elo

9 months

i used to play my old account and it took me 9 months then i made a new account

half a month from no knowledge of chess to 1000 rapid

took me, idk, 8 months maybe? I'm slow

Lots of variables. Have fun and then who cares what your rating is. And if you are having fun, you play more and immerse yourself in the chess world...at least that is what I am finding.

But I do hate to lose.

Is checkmating a 1100 bot with 3-4 days experience good?

Uhm... the number 499 is pretty close to 1000 so can I join the club??

Study tactics!!

PresentColony is now in the 1600s rapid!

As of right now, I'm still not 1000 elo,, not even close, but in some of my games chess.com tells me I play like higher than a 1000 elo (record highest as of now is 1800 against Joey Votto Bot) so does that count? 💀