how to become pro in chess??
Dear Santhosh,
I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. 
Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analysing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem that it can't explain you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why is it so good or bad.
You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals.
In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.
I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck for your chess games!
Play slower, looks for checks and captures, do tactics puzzles, analyze your games. There are a lot of common things to work on to get better at the lower ratings and you learn more specifics as you climb.
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"Read as much as you can, and play in as many [over the board] tournaments as you can... not as much as you like, but as much as you can." - Svidler on how to be a pro during an online AMA
Dont ask your self how to be a pro, that is very hard question for everyone, one step at time, question should be how to become little better than now. Chess is gradual game you will need lot of time and work to become good/great player but my advice is to go with little improvments every day,
Best regards Ivan
So PRACTICE until you are perfect.
Since all prizes in chess (OTB) are money prizes, I have to assume that by "pro" you mean someone who makes a living at chess. To make a living solely as a player, you need to be more than a GM; you need to be a top GM. Imagine going to the World Open for a week to ten days, where the top prize is about $10,000. Even if you win it outright, that's pretty sad considering years and years of training, plus the entry fee, travel, and hotel fees. So unless you're Carlsen, So, Caruana, or Nakamura, making a living as a player is not going to happen.
Then there's making a living writing books. That field is incredibly crowded, with new books coming out all the time. And no one wants to read your book unless you're at least an IM. Right now I think that Jeremy Silman is probably the most successful chess author and probably has a nice income from his brilliant works. The only other one that comes to mind is Seirawan and his series for Microsoft Press. The others are like sharks all trying to get a bite of the tuna.
Lastly, there is coaching. For anyone who wants to make a living at the game, I think this is the area where the greatest possibilities exist. You'd have to be at about master level to have great credibility as a coach, but even someone slightly lower--with a winning personality and a gift for teaching--could probably make at least some respectable money at it. Of course, you're going to have to put out your shingle in an urban area with a large population to draw from. Coaching here in my home town of Sciota, PA, population <1,000, isn't going to bring in the bucks.
Since all prizes in chess (OTB) are money prizes, I have to assume that by "pro" you mean someone who makes a living at chess. To make a living solely as a player, you need to be more than a GM; you need to be a top GM. Imagine going to the World Open for a week to ten days, where the top prize is about $10,000. Even if you win it outright, that's pretty sad considering years and years of training, plus the entry fee, travel, and hotel fees. So unless you're Carlsen, So, Caruana, or Nakamura, making a living as a player is not going to happen.
Then there's making a living writing books. That field is incredibly crowded, with new books coming out all the time. And no one wants to read your book unless you're at least an IM. Right now I think that Jeremy Silman is probably the most successful chess author and probably has a nice income from his brilliant works. The only other one that comes to mind is Seirawan and his series for Microsoft Press. The others are like sharks all trying to get a bite of the tuna.
Lastly, there is coaching. For anyone who wants to make a living at the game, I think this is the area where the greatest possibilities exist. You'd have to be at about master level to have great credibility as a coach, but even someone slightly lower--with a winning personality and a gift for teaching--could probably make at least some respectable money at it. Of course, you're going to have to put out your shingle in an urban area with a large population to draw from. Coaching here in my home town of Sciota, PA, population <1,000, isn't going to bring in the bucks.
Great explained and said, totaly agree.
Best regards
Since all prizes in chess (OTB) are money prizes, I have to assume that by "pro" you mean someone who makes a living at chess. To make a living solely as a player, you need to be more than a GM; you need to be a top GM. Imagine going to the World Open for a week to ten days, where the top prize is about $10,000. Even if you win it outright, that's pretty sad considering years and years of training, plus the entry fee, travel, and hotel fees. So unless you're Carlsen, So, Caruana, or Nakamura, making a living as a player is not going to happen.
Then there's making a living writing books. That field is incredibly crowded, with new books coming out all the time. And no one wants to read your book unless you're at least an IM. Right now I think that Jeremy Silman is probably the most successful chess author and probably has a nice income from his brilliant works. The only other one that comes to mind is Seirawan and his series for Microsoft Press. The others are like sharks all trying to get a bite of the tuna.
Lastly, there is coaching. For anyone who wants to make a living at the game, I think this is the area where the greatest possibilities exist. You'd have to be at about master level to have great credibility as a coach, but even someone slightly lower--with a winning personality and a gift for teaching--could probably make at least some respectable money at it. Of course, you're going to have to put out your shingle in an urban area with a large population to draw from. Coaching here in my home town of Sciota, PA, population <1,000, isn't going to bring in the bucks.
Great explained and said, totaly agree.
Best regards
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. As a lifelong patzer with almost no hope of getting much better, I have still been enthralled with the game in all its aspects since my early teens. To have an IM approve of my comments means the world to me. Again, thanks very much. (By the way, my wife was very impressed that I got a compliment from an IM. She doesn't impress easily).
Since all prizes in chess (OTB) are money prizes, I have to assume that by "pro" you mean someone who makes a living at chess. To make a living solely as a player, you need to be more than a GM; you need to be a top GM. Imagine going to the World Open for a week to ten days, where the top prize is about $10,000. Even if you win it outright, that's pretty sad considering years and years of training, plus the entry fee, travel, and hotel fees. So unless you're Carlsen, So, Caruana, or Nakamura, making a living as a player is not going to happen.
Then there's making a living writing books. That field is incredibly crowded, with new books coming out all the time. And no one wants to read your book unless you're at least an IM. Right now I think that Jeremy Silman is probably the most successful chess author and probably has a nice income from his brilliant works. The only other one that comes to mind is Seirawan and his series for Microsoft Press. The others are like sharks all trying to get a bite of the tuna.
Lastly, there is coaching. For anyone who wants to make a living at the game, I think this is the area where the greatest possibilities exist. You'd have to be at about master level to have great credibility as a coach, but even someone slightly lower--with a winning personality and a gift for teaching--could probably make at least some respectable money at it. Of course, you're going to have to put out your shingle in an urban area with a large population to draw from. Coaching here in my home town of Sciota, PA, population <1,000, isn't going to bring in the bucks.
Great explained and said, totaly agree.
Best regards
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. As a lifelong patzer with almost no hope of getting much better, I have still been enthralled with the game in all its aspects since my early teens. To have an IM approve of my comments means the world to me. Again, thanks very much. (By the way, my wife was very impressed that I got a compliment from an IM. She doesn't impress easily).
Keep wife happy and keep peace in the house that is best rule and above any in chess.
Best regards